Re: Upgrading the Oracle client from 7.3.4 to 8.1.6

On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 06:39:31 -0600, Harvey <harveyb_at_KEEPyourSPAMerolsAWAY.comFromHere> wrote:

>timf97_at_earthlink.net wrote:
>>
>> We need to have an easy method (since untrained users need to be able
>> to do it) which will allow us to upgrade Oracle client machines from
>> 7.3.4 to 8.1.6.
>>
>> We have tried to use 8.1.6 to just do an upgrade, but can't get it to
>> go cleanly. We also tried to use the updated 7.3.4 Installer to
>> uninstall Oracle 7.3.4 before installing 8.1.6, but the uninstall
>> leaves the ORACLE_HOME token in the Registry, and we don't want to try
>> to explain to users how to remove it.
>>
>> I'm sure that someone else has had similar problems - and hopefully -
>> has a good solution.
>> Thanks for any suggestions!
>
>Try this one -
>
>1. Uninstall the existing software (manually if necessary).
>2. Edit the registry to delete the ORACLE section from
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE section.
>3. Clean up the start menu.
>4. Install the new software and perform all configurations necessary.
>5. Using REGEDIT, export the ORACLE section from
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE to a file in the Oracle subdirectory.
>6. Copy the Start Menu items (if required/desired) to the Oracle
>directory.
>7. Copy the \Program Files\Oracle directory to the \Oracle directory.
>8. Copy the entire \Oracle directory to a central server.
>9. Write a batch file to copy the software to the client machine and into
>the correct locations, and merge the registry entries to the client
>machine, and delete the previous software.
>10. TEST IT A COUPLE OF TIMES!!
>11. Have the users run the batch file.
>
>You're reconfigured.

Thanks for the response,

I guess this question is a little out of place here, but is there a way from a batch file to delete the previous Oracle registry entries before inserting the new ones? Received on Fri Oct 27 2000 - 11:09:17 CDT