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Re: Running Oracle 8.1.7 and 10g clients on same machine

From: sybrandb <sybrandb_at_gmail.com>
Date: 17 Apr 2007 04:52:13 -0700
Message-ID: <1176810733.050756.149150@b58g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>


On Apr 17, 1:44 pm, eivind.erik..._at_gmail.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> I need to access both a 8.1.7 and a 10g database from my machine. Is
> it possible to run multiple Oracle clients on the same physical
> machine?
>
> Currently I have the 8.1.7 client installed, but I also need to access
> a 10g database.
>
> Regards,
>
> Eivind

Yes, it is possible provided they are installed in different Oracle Homes.
Note the 8.1.7.4 client can connect to 10g.

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Tue Apr 17 2007 - 06:52:13 CDT

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