Re: Oracle 8.1.7 Client on Windows XP?

Firstly, the only version of XP certified for Oracle software is XP Professional. XP Home is not certified on *any* Oracle software. Secondly, Oracle Support has a nice document on Oracle 8.1.7 Client on Win XP. You can find it here:

http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=202139.1

HTH,
Brian

Luke Scharf 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

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