Re: Problem having Oracle8 and Oracle7 on the same machine

Andrew,

Perhaps it's advisable to look at README.TXT files:

Oracle 8+ have to be installed each in their own Oracle_Home (\ORA7, \ORA80, \ORA81 etc)
Be aware that if you are installing OEM on the same machine also, you will need even another Oracle_home for that. Rescuiing your system now: Backup your 7 and 8 Datafiels, controlfiles etc
Remove 8
remove 7
reinstall 7 (in c:\ora73 for example)
reinstall 8 (in c:\ora81 for example)

restart the databases. for starting a 7 database be sure you switch your ORACLE_HOME environmant to the 7 one, a utility is suplied (Switch Oracle home).

Wilco

and12344321_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> We have two PowerBuilder applications on Windows NT. The first uses
> Oracle 7.3 native driver and the second uses Oracle 8 ODBC driver. Both
> are installed to the same directory \Orant. After installing the second
> one the first one stopped working properly and the application gets
> access violation error. It seems many files have the same name between
> Oracle 7 and 8 but different sizes and dates. For example, Ociw32.dll.
> Will that cause problem? How to configure to make both application work
> properly?
>
> Andrew
>
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Received on Thu Jul 22 1999 - 14:09:53 CDT