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I am interested to do practice on oracle database.Actually i had completed course on MYSQL,now i want to try on oracle.Today i have opened the oracle website to download oracle 11g(windows7 64bit),But in downloads only Oracle Database 11g Express Edition R2 is there.What to do now?For Mysql workbench is there then what about oracle is there any IDE?

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Short answer: do not start with Oracle 10g for learning — it is a legacy release and not the right target for new development work. Focus on current long‑term releases and on transferable skills (SQL, PL/SQL, multitenant/PDB concepts) so what you learn applies across installations. This updates the original thread and builds on the earlier comments by , and ; Oracle’s lifetime‑support guidance and the 23ai release reflect that roadmap. Oracle Lifetime Support Policy (oracle.com)

For hands‑on practice choose a free developer option instead of hunting for old enterprise installers. Oracle publishes Express Edition (XE) downloads and also provides browser playpens and container/VM images — these are the fastest, safest ways to get a real Oracle instance for learning without production licensing friction. Oracle Database XE downloads and the browser LiveSQL playground are good starting points. (oracle.com)

If the machine is still Windows 7 (your original post noted Windows7 x64) keep in mind modern XE installers target Windows 10/11 — recent XE requires Windows 10 or higher, so installing current XE directly on Win7 is unsupported. Practical alternatives: upgrade the OS, run Oracle inside a VirtualBox/OVA or Docker container, or use LiveSQL / the Oracle Cloud Free tier. The XE install docs and quickstart explain the OS and admin prerequisites. (docs.oracle.com)

Tools and a minimal workflow: use Oracle’s free GUI and CLI tools together. SQL Developer (GUI) and SQLcl (command line) cover most developer needs; install a compatible JDK first and point the tool at your XE instance. Example quick connect (SQLcl / SQL*Plus style) to an XE pluggable DB:

sql system/<PASSWORD>@//localhost:1521/XEPDB1

Common gotchas: ensure a compatible JDK is installed, run the installer/IDE as Administrator, and verify the listener (port 1521) isn’t blocked. SQL Developer downloads and SQLcl docs cover specifics. (oracle.com)

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Am sure Oracle has developer tools. Did you check their website?

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Oracle 12c is the current production release.
11g is still in widespread use.
10g is being phased out by most customers, though there's still a lot of legacy installations out there.
9i and earlier, forget about it. There's no money in it from the very few way outdated installations out there that for whatever reason have never been upgraded.

And yes, Oracle has its tools available on their website. SQLDeveloper is what you're looking for.
Many professional DBAs and DBDs however use 3rd party tools like TOAD and SQLDeveloper, which are very nice but pretty expensive.

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