Re: home removal

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:28:06 -0800
Message-ID: <3E27A275.5F8778B3@exesolutions.com>

Rauf Sarwar wrote:

> 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

If we are talking aethestics I've never figured out why Oracle created all this multiple homes stuff in the first place. To me it is all ugly.

Daniel Morgan Received on Fri Jan 17 2003 - 00:28:06 CST