Re: WEBDB help

sambavan_at_motown.cc.utexas.edu wrote:

> I went through the webdb2.2 installation doc for solaris. Initially it
> says that the webdb should be installed in a different home. O.K I get
> thos and I started to install this under
>
> .../app/oracle/product/wedb/2.2.0
>
> My oracle 8i installation is under
>
> .../app/oracle/product/8.1.6
>
> Now the question comes? When the documment refer to ORACLE_HOME which one
> should I point to as oracle home.
>
> The next question is when it say set up a TNS alias, I have a tnsnames.ora
> under .../app/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/admin. I also notice a
> tnsnames.ora, her my question is what should be my TNS_ADMIN. should it be
> the tnsnames.ora under .../8.1.6/... or .../webdb/...
>
> I'm totally lost with this wague documentation of oracle. Could some one
> point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanx
> -Sam
>
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>
> Experience is not what happens to a man, it's
> what a man does with what happens to him.
> -- ALDOUS HUXLEY
>
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I just setup another user ie (webdb) with the ORACLE_HOME pointing to the webdb stuff and set my TNS_ADMIN to my main Database home .../8.1.6 -- dir works fine.. Received on Fri Jul 14 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT