As far as I know, my personal computer environment has the following attributes:
Windows XP
32 bit processor
applications that require Java 6 (jre) or lower
I would like to use SQL developer release 4 in the same environment which requires Java 7 development kit.
Is there a "best practices" way to download Java 7 development kit into an environment like the one described above
so that it can peacefully coexist with Java 6 but only used by SQL Developer release 4. I realize that some downloads
of SQL developer already include the appropriate Java components but I don't think that applies to my situation.