Re: Oracle sucks

Your first point sounds familiair to me: I had the same problem with Oracle 7.3.4 on Win NT some time ago. Turned out that tere already was a OCI.DLL on the harddrive that was write-protected. Therfore the new installation went wrong.

Regards,
BertJan Meinders
Oracle DBA
ASR-ICT In article <B69CD891.29D4%markbtownsend_at_home.com>,   Mark Townsend <markbtownsend_at_home.com> wrote:
> I really don't believe the problem is the CD - while I personally
 haven't
> installed 8.1.7 on NT, I can assure you that QA at Oracle has. If the
 CD
> image is incorrect, it would be widely known. It's also not likely
 that the
> new CD's will be any different from the ones you already have. Unless
 there
> is a new patch level, then they will just send you the version you
 already
> have. Please try the following suggestions, which I had already sent
 you in
> an email to the snyper_at_uniserve.com address
>
> 1) Make sure there is no other copy of OCI.DLL on you system
 somewhere -
> this is a widely distributed DLL with third party tools. For
 instance, if
> you have installed Micrsofts ODBC or OLE-DB drivers for Oracle, you
 are
> likely to have a copy of this already on your system. This can cause
 errors
> such as "library not found", which is what, without the specific
 error in
> your case, I'm guessing is happening.
>
> 2) Make sure ORACLE_HOME/bin is in your PATH - in the system level
> environment variable, not in the environment variables associated
 with the
> user.
>
> 3) If you have edited the registry yourself, you are probably going
 to be in
> a world of pain. Do you have another NT machine that you can try an
 install
> on with your current CDs ? Even a laptop with workstation can be used
 to
> validate the install. Please note that there is no officially
 supported way
> from Oracle of editing the registry directly to get a clean machine.
 If you
> follow up to the private email I sent you with my at work email
 address, I
> will send you details on how you can "unofficially" clean up the
 registry.
>
> > From: "Gary Abbott" <snypergva_at_hotmail.com>
> > Organization: SSO-IT, Hewlett-Packard Co.
> > Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server
> > Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:20:08 -0800
> > Subject: Re: Oracle sucks
> >
> > I'm glad that I finally received a response. What other kinds of
 details
> > could you ask for than what I had posted earlier. Obviously, some
 had not
> > read all of the posts in regard to this problem. I believe that the
 problem
> > is with the CD's. I will have new ones sent.
> >
> > --
> > Gary Abbott
> > Lead Database Architect
> > Hewlett-Packard
> > "Gary Abbott" <snyper_at_uniserve.com> wrote in message
> > news:S1qd6.26838$R5.1370755_at_news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com...
> >> This is the question I sent to Oracle off their OTN download page.
 Below
 is
> >> their response.
> >>
> >> I purchased the trial CD pack for windows NT. Everytime I try to
 load the
> >> EE, I get an error that OCI.dll is missing from the CD. I get
 similar
 errors
> >> when running the downloaded version.
> >>
> >> Is there a problem with the build? I've tried on multiple
 machines. I
 bought
> >> the CD pack thinking that I would have better luck during the
 install.
> >>
> >> I am the Lead Database Architect for my team at HP. We would like
 to
> >> evaluate moving our system to Oracle. I have doubts, if I can't
 even get
 the
> >> software loaded.
> >>
> >> If I need to buy special support, that is not a problem.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> Gary Abbott
> >>
> >>
> >> This is Oracles response to my question.
> >>
> >> OracleInstall no longer provides an email support service. You
 can search
> >> the OracleInstall site

 (http://www.oracle.com/support/oracleinstall) for  the
> >> answers to common installation problems or you can refer to the
 following
> >> resources:
> >>
> >> The Oracle Technology Network provides downloads, documentation,
 technical
> >> bulletins, and also supplies some select product forums where
 questions
 can
> >> be posted. You will need to register, however, access is free and
> >> immediate. You can visit OTN at the following URL:
> >> http://technet.oracle.com
> >>
> >> To purchase Oracle support or find out more about the different
 Oracle
> >> support services that are offered, please refer to the following
 location:
> >> http://www.oracle.com/support
> >>
> >> If you have a valid support contract, you may be interested in
 using
> >> MetaLink. At MetaLink you can file TARs, review bugs, view
 technical
> >> libraries, and post to Oracle monitored forums. You can register
 and
 login
> >> to MetaLink from: http://metalink.oracle.com
> >>
> >> Comming from the Microsoft world, I am turned off. If Oracle reads
 this,
> >> respond and I shall give you another chance. I've made several
 calls to
 the
> >> Oracle store, which is where I bought the software.
> >>
> >> Gary Abbott
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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