Re: Developers version of Oracle for Windows XP professional.

From: Naran Hirani <N.Hirani_at_rfcgr.mrc.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:59:17 +0000
Message-ID: <c00hc1$23a$1@niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk>

Thanks for all your replies.
Having heard that so many of you have been successful has spurred me on to try again.

Phil: AFAIK the downloads were wholesome, but I'll try doing the whole lot again with fresh downloads and so on.

Once again, many thanks to you all.
Naran

Phil Britton wrote:
> Naran Hirani <N.Hirani_at_nospam.com> writes:
>
>

>>Phil Britton wrote:
>>
>>>Naran Hirani <N.Hirani_at_nospam.com> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Guys,
>>>>
>>>>I downloaded a developers version of Oracle from the website and it
>>>>did not seem to install correctly.  Has anybody else had success in
>>>>installing on the above platform?
>>>
>>>Yes
>>>
>>>
>>>>Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.
>>>
>>>You could try reading the instructions :-)
>>>Alternatively you could also try giving us a few tips as to what
>>>version you were trying, any error messages you saw, a few details
>>>about yur machine  etc etc. You know, information
>>>cheers
>>>Phil
>>
>>Sorry about that.  I was trying to install version 9i
>>and part way through the installation I kept getting the message:
>>	"OCI.dll" not found.
>>
>>The installation software seemed to suggest that trying to re-install
>>may resolve this problem.  So, I tried that a few times without any
>>success.  Then I thought perhaps I have the wrong version or something.
>>
>>If all else fails may be should try 8.1.7 Personal as this seems to work
>>for Al Reid.
>>

>
>
>
> I've had no problems installing 9i on XP (even on XP home although
> it's not certified :-),i in a clean install i.e no previous Oracle software
> on the system. Are you sure your downloads are not corrupted
> in some way?
>
> cheers
>
> Phil
Received on Fri Feb 06 2004 - 10:59:17 CST