Re: OAS 4.0.8.1 and Oracle 8.1.5

In article <8ED1995FCdlm_at_206.141.192.241>, dmausner_at_ameritech.x.net says...
> gregjones_at_earthling.net (--------) wrote in
> <OYBm4.2343$Mk2.89912_at_newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>:
>
> >I installed 8.1.5 in one Oracle home, but it would not let me install OAS to
> >the same home. How do I get the PL/SQL toolkit to install to my 8.1.5
> >instance?
>
> what a fun situation 8.1 has created. they should have called it oracle9. the
> bottom line is that you basically cannot install 8.1 and 8.0 products on the
> same machine reliably. if you install them on separate machines, generally
> speaking, they will inter-operate.
>
> the dual-home business is evidently because the same library names exist in
> both versions, but they are internally incompatible. the problem is that you
> are likely to have both homes on your search path; therefore it doesn't add
> much value. yecch.
>
> just to invite flames, i have advised my firm not to deploy oracle8i (8.1.x)
> until this incompatibleness is better-explained or solved by oracle.
>

What OS are you having this problem on? NT? We have no problems with multiple Oracle homes (8.0, 8.1) on UNIX boxes (running Solaris and Linux in particular). NT is a completely different story and I don't recommend having multiple Oracle homes, even though Oracle says that you can.

Tom Barry
TwoCoast Consulting Received on Sun Feb 06 2000 - 12:23:28 CST