Re: home removal

DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3E26C928.A301C1CD_at_exesolutions.com>...
> Rauf Sarwar wrote:
>
> > "Nicholas Lessard" <bougon666_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<H_hV9.18650$PM4.2514773_at_charlie.risq.qc.ca>...
> > > I have 4 different ho0mes for Oracle but only 2 are used; the others were
> > > left because of previous installations...
> > >
> > > How can I remove them?
> >
> > 4 homes on one machine... yikes!
> >
> > With my experience in uninstalling Oracle from a machine... I would
> > suggest backup all databases, uninstall all homes, remove all traces
> > of Oracle from the machine then reinstall 2 versions that are needed.
> > Recreate databases.
> >
> > Maybe someone else can post a better/quicker way then this, which I
> > would also like to know.
> >
> > Regards
> > /Rauf Sarwar
>
> Why yikes? Not unusual at all. It wasn't that long ago that a standard installation of Oracle RDBMS, Forms
> & Reports, Designer, and Discover would have had Oracle forcing separate homes.
>
> The reason I asked WHY is because I don't see any problem provided ORACLE_SID and ORACLE_HOME are correctly set.
>
> Daniel Morgan

My yikes wasn't meant to say that it is unusual or cannot be done. I personally like to keep only two on my laptop... so the thought of two more homes!!!... well just a matter of personal taste.

Hope this clarifies it.
/Rauf Sarwar Received on Thu Jan 16 2003 - 13:42:13 CST