Virtual Oracle server for education?

I am currently a College Student and am taking an introduction to Oracle 10G. I cannot seem to make it to class all of the time and am curious to ask if there is any Virtual Oracle Server or something along those lines that would allow me to have a (in a nutshell) Virtual Database in which I can connect to via SQL* Plus and enter commands that I am learning? I am running Windows 7 Home Premium.

Thank you so much!

You can download and install the Oracle Database XE. It's free and has a default database that will be useful for your tests. You could search for an online SQL simulator, but it's not as useful as your own machine.

Good luck with school and stop skipping classes. At least database classes, skip others :-).

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