Re: WebDB install problems on solaris7

Yeah, I just went through the same mess (on NT though). After getting close to a nervous breakdown ("I can't be that stupid!") I finally figured out that the installer REQUIRES to be installed into a new ORACLE_HOME and then it tries to read the tnsnames.ora file from there and of course it fails (duh!) because it is a new ORACLE_HOME...

Anyway, I finally got it fixed by letting it fail once, copying my entire network directory into the new ORACLE_HOME and then I could log on with the sys password as expected. Oh, one more thing: You'll need to set your environment variable ORACLE_SID to one of the entries in the tnsnames.ora file you are copying - seems trivial, but if you're already about to lose confidence in the installer, this might be the final drop ;-)

Klaus Sonnenleiter
The Media Machine, LLC

Mareike Ernst wrote:

> This is a cry for help:
>
> OS: Solaris 7
> Oracle 8i
>
> Situation: Only one database (clean, no frills) running. Sqlplus
> connection (with sys or whatever as login), listeners etc work fine. In
> other words everything is as it should be with the db.
>
> Then... I run the WebDB install program, specifying that I want to
> install WebDB into the same ORACLE_BASE but a different ORACLE_HOME from
> 8i.
> Works fine until I get to the bit where the SYS password is needed -
> there isn't a whole lot of choice here as I only have one db running.
> Whatever I try to write in fails...
>
> Where does the WebDB installer look for passwd/db information? Any
> ideas at all what to do, anyone? Anyone else this has happened to?
>
> I've evn tried a manual install but this fails round about the bit where
> further configurations are supposed to be carried out via a webpage,
> which never appears even there is SOMETHING on the port where it should
> be.
>
> Please mail my work address, I will post a summary if applicable!
>
> cheers
> Mareike
Received on Tue Jun 29 1999 - 19:05:16 CDT