Re: Oracle 8.1.7 Client on Windows XP?

From: Frederico Fonseca <real-email-in-msg-spam_at_email.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 21:16:37 +0100
Message-ID: <1roplvos0pn7d9rvdub4vdihqltet995oh@4ax.com>

On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 15:04:25 -0400, "Luke Scharf" <luke_at_vt.edu> wrote:

>Does the Oracle 8.1.7 Client work on Windows XP?
>
>I've downloaded the client pack from Oracle's web site. When I uncompress
>it, I get a nice directory heirarchy that includes a setup.exe in the
>root. When I run setup.exe, I get the arrow w/ hourglass for a couple of
>seconds and then nothing.
>
>When I try to run from the command line, I get the same behavior. Also, I
>get the same behavior if I move my uncompressed tree to a directory with
>no spaces, or if I burn it to a CD (once I figured out that I needed the
>Rockridge and Joliet extensions in order to get the directories and
>filenames right).
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions for how I could make this client machine
>play with an Oracle 8.1.7 database?
>
>Thanks!
>-Luke

YES. Search www.google.com for "group:comp.databases.oracle.misc winxp 8i install"

Frederico Fonseca
ema il: frederico_fonseca at syssoft-int.com Received on Mon Sep 08 2003 - 15:16:37 CDT