Re: Determining whether Oracle8 Client is installed

From: Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:51:29 GMT
Message-ID: <3D8A38CC.7841C754@exesolutions.com>

SJ wrote:

> Hi. I am writing an InstallShield, and in it I need to determine
> whether Oracle8 Client is installed on Windows2000 machines. Is there
> a certain DLL I can check the version of, or is there no easy way to
> tell? Thanks for any help.

Look for the registry keys at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE.

But this is about as useful, I would think, as is reinventing fire and likely a violation of Oracle's software licensing agreement. What can you possibly do to install the Oracle Client that isn't already done by the Oracle CD other than make a mess?

Daniel Morgan Received on Thu Sep 19 2002 - 15:51:29 CDT