RE: Windohs client problems

BTW, 9iAS is not required for OWB. I'm running it on a 9.0.1 database with no 9iAS. You lose a couple of features, but nothing major.

Beth

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Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 5:58 AM
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are you talking about reinstalling windows, or oracle?

did you take it down to bare metal, and remove all oracle products, including following the instructions from oracle tech support for doing a manual cleanout?

do you have a production db installed on that box?

backups?

On 23 Jul 2002 at 13:34, Jesse, Rich wrote:

> OK, my hair is thinning fast enough without this. On WinTuke SP2,
I've got
> a 9.0.1 full install of EE. I also have an install of the 8.1.7
client in a
> second ORACLE_HOME.
>
> I've been using this setup fine and well until I installed Oracle
Warehouse
> Builder into a separate ORACLE_HOME, then de-installed it after
finding out
> it needs 9iAS. Then Quest products started flaking out, so Quest had
me
> fiddle with the "LAST_HOME" registry entry. After that, the Microslop
ODBC
> for Oracle driver fails to find the Oracle driver, stating:
>
> [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] The driver doesn't support the
version of
> ODBC behavior that the application requested (see SQLSetEnvAttr)
>
> And now, after uninstalling the 8.1.7 client, cleaning the registry,
> reinstalling and rebooting, I can only connect *HALF OF THE TIME*
using 9i.
> The other half I get a TNS-12154, net name not found error. I'm using
> ONames for names resolution, but I don't understand what the hell is
going
> on here. And seeing that it'll take me days to uninstall, reinstall,
and
> reconfig I'd just as soon not do it.
>
> Anyone else have to deal with this hoo-ha that has a solution?
>
> I'd rather be at home diazinoning earwigs... <sigh>
>
> Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
> Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com Quad/Tech International, Sussex,
WI USA
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