Re: Oracle base

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 21:26:25 -0000
Message-ID: <41c894ff$0$16583$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>

"Ed Stevens" <nospam_at_noway.nohow> wrote in message news:v2bes01sngdedtnj9gee51s8ob1fqtkb7o_at_4ax.com...

> But that begs the question (and I think this is what David was getting
> at) of why create a db-specific directory, regardless of what you name
> it, within ORACLE_HOME in the first place?
> Thanks.

I'll agree with ana's speculation about the numbers, and add the following observation.

If you install further Oracle 10g products - namely the client and the companion CD you get to install them into different homes. By default. IIRC the default name for the client is OraClient1. So the revised layout becomes

$ORACLE_BASE\product\<version>\install_type.

it seems to me that the arbitrary 1 in db_1 etc is spurious, but that there might be some merit in having different subdirectories for different product sets.

The stated rational is of course in the documentation set (http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/html/B10811_01/app_ofa.htm#sthref1891) but it isn't entirely convincing to me.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com

Received on Tue Dec 21 2004 - 15:26:25 CST