Re: Oracle 7 and Oracle 8 Coexistence???

From: <soverby_at_nspr.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:46:37 -0600
Message-ID: <6gvlrd$rgm$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>

I attended an Oracle tele-seminar on Oracle*8 and it was mentioned that is WAS possible to have 7 & 8 on tha same NT box, but it took some 'tweaking'.

As for UNIX, I have sucessfullt installed both on an IBM RS/6000. I don;t see any problem with HP.

In article <6guc40$jql$1_at_pebble.ml.org>, joelga_at_pebble.ml.org (Joel Garry) wrote:
>
> In article <35320D84.C4DB7250_at_specialtysystems.com>,
> Tom Tiplady <ttiplady_at_specialtysystems.com> wrote:
> >Is it possible to have Version 7 and Version 8 installed on the same
> >server (NT or HP UX)? I tried to get to the Oracle Web sight but it is
> >down. I would guess that the software is installed in different home
> >directories. Thanks in advance.
> >Tom
>
> For hp/ux, use the OFA (Optimal Flexible Architecture) directory structure,
> and be careful about your environment assignments (ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID).
> A database must be one or the other, although you can play games with
> particular tablespaces.
>
> >
> >
>
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