Re: Has anyone installed Oracle 8i on NT?

What service pack of NT are you running?

Kyriakos

David Rawle wrote:

> Yup,
>
> It installs fine (eventually after fiddling around with the registry and
> copying files over half way through installation) but it is very
> unstable.
>
> I want/have to use 8i/webdb and intermedia for a client's web site and I
> can't get it going.
>
> We have tried on 3 or 4 differnet machines - the latest in a Dell
> poweredge with 18G drive, 2G ram, twin 550 Pentium 3's.
>
> Sybase works like a dream on it. (I tried Sybase trial install after 4
> months fiddling with Oracle).
>
> Why do I have to manually go into the registry?
> Why do I have to copy tnsnames.ora half way through the install?
> Why do I have to change the path variable after product installs?
> Why is Oracle such a pig?
>
> I just worked out that this Oracle install has cost my company >$200,000
> in addition to the licenses and support purchased. I find Oracle support
> unbelievably bad - they want $1800/day to come and install a product that
> should install out of the box.
>
> I am amazed, esp. with so much RDBMS experience, that Oracle will not
> install at all on NT.
>
> - David
>
> Finn Ellebaek Nielsen wrote:
>
> > Perhaps we can help you if you tell us what's going wrong?
> >
> > Finn
> >
> > David Rawle <david.rawle_at_channel-a.com> wrote in message
> > news:38F1F2DC.E11CB325_at_channel-a.com...
> > > I have been trying since September to get this pile to work.
> > >
> > > Has anyone ever got it working. Please help me if you have
> > >
> > > I have nearly 15 years RDBMS experience and I cannot get Oracle
> > > working...
> > >
> > > What gives?
> > >
> > > - David
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>
> --
> david rawle, technical director | e-mail: david.rawle_at_channel-a.com
> channel a, soho, london, uk | phone: +44 (0) 20 7287 6544
> http://www.channel-a.com | fax: +44 (0) 20 7287 6554
> (signature and public encryption key attached)
Received on Mon Apr 10 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT