Re: Multiple Oracle Versions on Windows NT

You can install any Oracle8 server release into the same Oracle Home as any Oracle 7.3 server is already installed in to . I would recommend using Oracle 8.0.4 as it supports multiple oracle homes, which is much more like UNIX. Then you can have a oracle 7.3 home and a 8.0.4 home and a 8.0.5 home .........

Regards
David Russell

Thor Steinar Tveiten wrote in message
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>By default Oracle SW is installed in main directory orant and a lot of
>Windows NT registry configuration parameters are set to point to this
>directory and it's sub-directories.
>
>My questions are:
>
>What is the best way to set up directory structures and registry
>configuration parameters if you want to run both Oracle7 and Oracle8 on
>your server at the same time?
>
>How can you dynamically change ORACLE_SID, ORACLE_HOME and other parameters
>in order to start up or shut down the different databases?
>
>Coming from the Unix World these issues are not any problem, but I can't
>understand Oracle philosophy regarding NT installations.
>
>I hope someone can clear my mind!
>
Received on Sat May 02 1998 - 17:33:50 CDT