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Vince Laurent wrote:
> Where does runInstaller get its Oracle version information? We have
> one system where it shows Oracle 8.1.6 stuff installed AND 8.1.7
> installed though only 8.1.7 is there. I discovered this when I was
> working on a clone of that system and tried to patch it from 8.1.7.3
> to 8.1.7.4. The clone system only thinks it has version 8.1.6 stuff on
> it.
>
> Vince
This happens when OUI is NOT used to INSTALL the Oracle software. Yes, you can simply copy the directory tree from one system to another, but since OUI was NOT involved it does now know the newer version exists on the system. Received on Fri Mar 28 2003 - 19:56:43 CST