Re: Oracle 8.0.6 on Windows 2003

Daniel Morgan wrote:
>
> Karen Middleton wrote:
> > I need to install Oracle 806 on Windows 2003 for a legacy application
> > that works only with Oracle 806 it is not certified for Oracle 816 or
> > Oracle 9x or Oracle 10g.
> >
> > Can any of you please confirm whether Oracle 806 runs on Windows 2003.
> > I managed to install Oracle 806 on Windows 2003 and it as been
> > behaving miserably I cannot start some of the utilities like the TNS
> > utilities I managed to uninstall most of it from Ora installer but not
> > all of it before uninstalling I tried using Oradim80 to delete the
> > Oracle instance created it just did not work.
> >
> > Please clarify where I am going wrong.
> >
> > Also, how do I clean up a messed Oracle install. The ora installer as
> > removed some components and refuses to remain the remaining quite a
> > few TNS listener and Oracle instance Windows Services is still
> > remaining lingering. Is there any other tool apart from the
> > Orainstaller that can cleanup an messed Oracle install. Is there a
> > cleanup tool to forcefully cleanly remove an Oracle install.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Karen
>
> As Michel has stated 8.0.6 is not supported on any current Windows
> platform. And your reference to 8.1.6 equally problematic as it too
> is not certified for any current Windows platform.
>
> What troubles me most is your assumption that your application wouldn't
> work just fine under 9i or 10g. My first instinct would be to install it
> on 9.0.1 or 9.2.0.5 and find out. Most likely your worst case scenario
> would be setting the compatibility parameter in the init.ora.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

I agree with Daniel - I'd try to run it under 9i. What may be an issue more than on the database side would be the client side. As an example, if your frontend app is written under Centura Windows, depending on the development version you may have a .dll incompatibility with the 9i client software. The solution for that is simple - use the Net8 software to connect.

Good luck,

Harvey Received on Sun Sep 12 2004 - 11:51:15 CDT