Clicking any of the downloads via your first link result in redirection to an Oracle Access Manager page that reports: "System error. Please re-try your action. If you continue to get this error, please contact the Administrator."

Your second link redirects to the same place immediately.

Your third link actually results in a download. But it is a file called: C:\Downloaded\db-5.2.36.tar.gz.gz (note that the .md5 suffix has been replaced by a second '.gz' suffix), which is a whole 51 bytes. So unless the doubled .gz means that they've come up with some remarkable compression algorithm, it is doubtful if that contains any of the DB files which are listed as ranging from 12 to 45MB (compressed).

Free doesn't just mean 'costs nothing'.

Thanks, I know, I have actually used this before, wget, lwp-download ... your browser behavior not withstanding :) See download latest berkeleydb

Thanks, I know, I have actually used this before, wget, lwp-download ... your browser behavior not withstanding :)

Then what was the point of posting the links if you know they don't work?

And why should I need a script to download a file when I have a whole gamut of tools that can do it for me? And why would it succeed where the tools don't?

I'm not trying to be rude here. I'm just a little confused.

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With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

The start of some sanity?

#!/usr/bin/perl --
use LWP::Simple qw/ get mirror $ua /;
$ua->show_progress(1);
my $html = get( q{http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleyd
+b/downloads/} );
if( my( $current ) = $html =~ m{href=\x22http[^\x22]+?/([^/]+md5)\x22}
+i ){
    print "$current\n";
    die "UHOH " if $current =~ /[^a-zA-Z0-9\.\-]/;
    mirror( "http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/$current", $curren
+t );
    $current =~ s/\.md5$//i;
    mirror( "http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/$current", $curren
+t );
}
__END__
** GET http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/downloads
+/ ==> 301 Moved Permanently
** GET http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/downloads
+/index.html ==> 200 OK (1s)
db-5.2.36.tar.gz.md5
** GET http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-5.2.36.tar.gz.md5 ==>
+ 304 Not Modified
** GET http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-5.2.36.tar.gz ==> 304
+ Not Modified
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