Re: ODP.NET 9.2.0.4.10 Installation

In article <43441e77.0407301857.30fd4bd_at_posting.google.com>, premmehrotra_at_hotmail.com says...
> I want to install ODP.NET, The installation instructions say, it comes
> with
> Oracle 9.2.0.1 clinet. Then the installation instructions say that it
> is recommended that Oracle9.2.0.4 client is installed before ODP.NET
> is installed.
>
> My question is would ODP.NET installation wipe some of Oracle
> 9.2.0.4 client files with Oracle 9.2.0.1 client.
>
> Right now Oracle provided 9.2.0.1 client, 9.2.0.4.10 ODP.NET and a
> patch to go
> from 9.2.0.1 client to Oracle 9.2.0.4 client. So should the order of
> installation be:
> 1. Oracle 9.2.0.1 Clinet
> 2. ODP.NET 9.2.0.4.10
> 3. Patch
>
> or should the order be:
>
> 1. Oracle 9.2.0.1 Client
> 2. Patch
> 3. ODP.NET 9.2.0.4.10
>

Any of those orders will do. The installer will never overwrite new client files with an older version.

>>I want to install ODP.NET, The installation instructions say, it comes >>with Oracle 9.2.0.1 clinet

Yes I read this too. But I just installed ODP.NET yesterday on a clean machine, and I swear it installed the 9.2.0.4 client, not 9.2.0.1. I can't check for you right now, sorry. You might want to try just installing ODP.NET and see which client version is installed. You can always patch up the client afterwards.

• Tom