Re: Oracle8i in XP different from Win98

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: 25 Jan 2002 01:19:33 -0800
Message-ID: <a20d28ee.0201250119.59f55b9c@posting.google.com>

jnam_at_sunnydale.com (jnam) wrote in message news:<3c50f9a6.231250590_at_news>...
> I have Oracle8i Personal edition installed in windowsXP as well as on
> a windows98 machine. I believe I installed from the same download file
> but on my XP machine I don't have the icon in the programs>oracle-
> orahome>database administration to start database/stop database as I
> do in my win98 machine.
>
> On XP I have the DBA studio but no start/stop database icons.
>
> Do I have different versions of Oracle8i? Or does Oracle8i install
> differently in XP? (doesn't seem likely)
>
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> jnam

The difference is that Personal Oracle 8i isn't tested on XP, as XP was released after Personal Oracle 8i. Hence it is uncertified and you can expect anything.
Why do people even want to install 8 on XP. Microsoft has sufficiently shown it is uncapable of producing 100 percent downwards compatible sw.

Regards

Sybrand Bakker,
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Fri Jan 25 2002 - 03:19:33 CST