Re: How to Install Oracle 12 Client in Existing Oracle Home

Installing a client in an existing home puts you in a precarious position at best with Oracle Support.

On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 1:35 PM Jeff Chirco <backseatdba_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Our ERP system is done in COBOL. It was a package purchased many years ago
> but we own the source code and have completely redone it over the years. It
> is a totally custom ERP system. The COBOL developers range from 20-39 years
> old, granted they were all hired from within and trained into that
> position. However we have begun to work on moving this ERP system into
> APEX.
>
> On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 7:42 AM Michael D O’Shea/Woodward Informatics Ltd <
> woodwardinformatics_at_strychnine.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I just have to ask, sorry - COBOL? Is there much COBOL there or this is
>> just one of the remaining remnant applications? And is new COBOL
>> development ongoing? And the developers, what age range?
>>
>> I do a lot of contract work in banks and although I’ve heard rumours
>> there is COBOL in the wild, I have never met one of these developers.
>> Especially Pro*COBOL.
>>
>> Decades back I used to develop in Cics and RM/COBOL. As I write, that was
>> decades back. I have not seen COBOL on the (UK) contract job boards for
>> years either.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Von meinem iPhone gesendet
>>
>> Am 08.05.2019 um 15:31 schrieb Scott Canaan <srcdco_at_rit.edu>:
>>
>> I was wondering the same thing. In 12.1.0.2, the Oracle Homes are
>> slightly different, though. I have to make sure that the Pro*COBOL
>> precompiler is there, as the application is written in COBOL.
>>
>>
>>
>> In looking at the inventory on the special Oracle Home that I built in
>> 2016 that includes the client, the comps.xml file is different in that it
>> includes the client install in addition to the base install.
>>
>>
>>
>> The problem is that I can’t just take a chance that it will work.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Scott Canaan ‘88*
>>
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>> *From:* Shane Borden <sborden76_at_gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 8, 2019 10:19 AM
>> *To:* Scott Canaan <srcdco_at_rit.edu>
>> *Cc:* oracle-l_at_freelists.org
>> *Subject:* Re: How to Install Oracle 12 Client in Existing Oracle Home
>>
>>
>>
>> Perhaps I am mistaken, but isn’t the client already a part of the
>> database software?
>>
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>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Shane Borden
>>
>> sborden76_at_gmail.com
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>>
>>
>> On May 8, 2019, at 9:59 AM, Scott Canaan <srcdco_at_rit.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> We have an application that needs to have the Oracle client installed in
>> the same Oracle Home as the database software. Somehow, I managed to do it
>> with Oracle 12.1.0.2, but the client installer for Oracle 12.2.0.1 won’t
>> let me. It says there’s already Oracle software in that home and won’t let
>> me move on.
>>
>>
>>
>> How do I do this?
>>
>>
>>
>> This is Oracle 12.2.0.1 on Red Hat 7 Linux.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Scott Canaan ‘88*
>>
>> *Sr Database Administrator *Information & Technology Services
>> Finance & Administration
>>
>>
>> *Rochester Institute of Technology *o: (585) 475-7886 | f: (585) 475-7520
>>
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