Re: Oracle 8 on P IV and Java does not work

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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:43:19 +0100, "M. Schroeder" <schroeder_at_yahoo.de> wrote:

>I have a problem installing Oracle 8.0 DB. Release Notes show 8.0.3.
>Formerly I installed this version several times using Windows NT 4.0 and it
>always worked well.
>
>Now I changed to a Pentium IV and Win 2000 Advanced Server, and the
>installation does not work any longer.
>

8.0.3 is desupported and was never certified against win2k, as win2k didn't exist when 8.0.3 was released.
>I learned, that the OUI has a bug with PIV and Java, and that there should
>be 2 solutions:

The bug applies to 8i (8.1.7) NOT to 8.0

> First, install Patch 1507768, but I cannot download it from anywhere
> Second, delete file symcjit.dll, but I cannot find this file on my disk
>after unzipping:
> There is also no path like
>C:\Disk1\stage\Components\oracle.swd.jre\1.1.7.30/1\Datafiles\Expanded\jre\w
>in32\bin\ ,
> instead, there are folders like nt_x86, jdbc, Win32 and cpqss.
> Do I have a different version?
>

Yes. The strategies above do not apply, as you have an older version.
> What should I do to get the OUI running? A link for the patch could be
>helpful
>

Nothing. As 8i is desupported in 14 days, you need to upgrade to 8i and immediately to 9.2

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA