Re: Installing 9i and 8i into some ORACLE_BASE

From: Dave Hau <davehau_nospam_123_at_nospam_netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 00:48:19 GMT
Message-ID: <3F31A1D1.2090509@nospam_netscape.net>

Chuck wrote:

> Big Chuck <ccarson_at_echeeba.com> wrote in news:3f2fb312$1_1_at_corp-
> news.newsgroups.com:
> 
> 

>>I am running on Solaris 8 64-bit.
>>
>>I currently have Oracle 9.2.0.3 64-bit installed with the following:
>>
>>ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
>>ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/9.2.0.3
>>
>>I also need the 8.1.7 client on this machine as well. Is there any
>>danger with installed it as so:
>>
>>ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
>>ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/8.1.7
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>CC
>>
>>

> 
> 
> Why do you need the 8.1.7 client? The 9.2 client should be able to 
> connect to any database that 8.1.7 can.

To export the 9i database to a 8i server somewhere else.

Cheers,
Dave Received on Wed Aug 06 2003 - 19:48:19 CDT