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Ed Stevens wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:02:10 -0900, "David E. Grove" > <david_grove_at_correct.state.ak.us> wrote: > >>>>you specify at that point? Does the installation create this db_1
>>>And now *I'm* confused! OK,I'll admit I've not yet seen 10g. If you
>>>just shake it out of the box and do an installation with all defaults,
>>>the installer asks for a a name and full path to Oracle Home. What do
> > > Wowsers! That really is your ORACLE_HOME! To quote one of my > favorite curmudgeons, 'Well, I don't like it!" I see no rational at > all for putting the Oracle binaries and other product files into a > directory whose name seems to indicate that it is for a specific > database ....
I dare a wild shot in the dark: The idea behind the db_1 might be that you could also have an oid_1, apps_1 etc. meaning that it's the first Oracle_home that's for the database *software*, subsequent installations probably should get db_2, db_3 (although such things as test, QA and prod would be more self explanatory I guess).
So with this, you might get a consistent directory tree for all Oracle software you happen to install to one machine. Who in their right mind would actually do this is beyond my imagination but then my imagination doesn't go that far ;-)
> > Lacking that rational (and remember - also lacking any hands-on with > 10g) I'd blow that away and re-install with ORACLE_HOME set at > /opt/oracle/product/10.1.0 > > YMMV, and others may -- WILL -- disagree with me.
Happy to rush in ;-)
I'm very cautious in discarding anything OUI suggests. I attended OUs
'Managing Oracle on Linux' course, where the instructor for reasons
I never understood tried to put ORACLE_BASE and ORACLE_HOME into the
same directory. Not that OUI complained, but IIRC at the stage where
you can relocate the jre installation it would not give any sensible
path. It was possible to get around this, too, but I had the nagging
feeling that I wouldn't be too comfortable with such an installation.
> > Thanks. > > - Ed Stevens > > Cohn's Law: The more time you spend in reporting on what you are doing, the less time you have to do anything. Stability is achieved when you spend all your time doing nothing but reporting on the nothing you are doing.
Cheers
Holger
Received on Wed Dec 22 2004 - 02:22:38 CST