Oracle Database Cloud Service – My first trial

By Franck Pachot

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The cloud has been annouced, I want to try.

From the cloud.oracle.com/database website, there is Trial only for the ‘Database Schema Service’ so I asked fot it, received an e-mail with connection info and it works:

Good. The password was temporary, so I have to change it, and set answers to 3 within 4 questions in case I forgot my password.

Java error: my user does not exist:

Ok, I was too quick after receiving the e-mail… Let’s wait 5 minutes and come back:

What ? Same as old password ? 

let’s try another one:

Ok. Now I understand. When my user did not exist, the passward has been changed anway… Good I remember it.

I put the first password I tried as old password:

Ok. But I know my previous passord, let’s keep it.

I come back to the url and connect:

It seems that I don’t remember it… let’s go through the ‘Forgot Passord’ screen. I entered my mother’s maiden name, may pet name, my city of birth… well all thost top secret information that everybody has on his Facebook first page 😉

And enter a new password:

Bad luck again…

Going back to the e-mail I see something strange: there is two spaces in front of my username:

Ok, I try everything: my username with and without space in front, the 3 passwords I tried to change previously… same error.

Let’s start from the begining. Click on the first url in the mail.

Bingo. I don’t know how but I’m logged. Here is the first screen of by first database in the cloud:

Wait a minute… is this new ? An online APEX workspace that is available for years is now ‘The’ Oracle Cloud Database Schema Service available as a 30-days trial?

Without any exitation, I’ll do my first Hello world in a database in the Cloud:

I hope we will be able to get a trial account for the ‘real’ Database as a Service in the Cloud. I always loved to be able to download and try Oracle products for free. I don’t think we are ready to pay to test it. Prices here.