Re: Oracle Client Conflicts

Cliff

Sorry for late reply. The boss is actually doing this and I don't know the status. I do web side stuff, so am not working on the Dev/2000 application. We have some equipment for testing but wanted to see what others were doing before we go re-inventing the wheel. I'll let you know what we end up doing.

Thanks

Cliff Dabrowski wrote:

> Charles,
>
> FYI: Multi-Home was introduced starting with Oracle 8.0.4
>
> Have you tried actually installing both clients into the DEFAULT_HOME. I
> have successfully installed and ran Oracle 7.3.3 client with Forms 6 in the
> default home with no problems whatsoever. You may install multiple clients
> into the same home with the obvious expectation that any newer installation
> may update/replace parts of a previous installation.
>
> One point to ponder. If you install Oracle 7.3.3 and the Oracle 8 client
> (but DO NOT install any 7.x RSF from the Oracle 8 distribution) then
> everything should co-exist just fine. I would expect that your old
> application has a direct dependency of ORA73.DLL as opposed to OCIW32.DLL
> which under this scenario would leave Oracle no choice but to use the 7.3.3
> client regardless of which is the current home in a multi-home environment.
>
> Look here for more info:
> http://technet.oracle.com/doc/windows/server.804/a55924/ch6.htm?found
>
> I would be interested to hear how things turn out for you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Cliff Dabrowski
>
> "Charles Goehring" <cgoehrin_at_san.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:39FB866A.C61A7B6E_at_san.rr.com...
> > Eric,
> >
> > Additional info:
> > The Dev/2000 application uses the V2 triggers from 10 years ago. This
 feature
> > is supposedly no longer supported. If this app had been modernized, we
 could
> > remove the 7.3.3 client altogether and run it on the Forms 6.0 runtime in
 the
> > same home with the 8.1.5 version of OO4O and the 8.1.5 client.
> >
> > I guess the question is: If you can get the dual homes business working,
 does
> > it work reliably when the users runs applications from both homes at the
 same
> > time. The Language Group support people said "Home switching" is done by
 a
> > separate application they provide, and that it wouldn't be safe to use
 both
> > homes simultaneously.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> > Eric Givler wrote:
> >
> > > What version of the Oracle Client are you referring to?
> > >
> > > I have forms 4.5 and 6i running on my machine without a hitch. The
 second
> > > one is in it's own home. Oracle makes use of an ORACLE.KEY file in the
> > > application executable path to find the registry key to use when it's
 multi
> > > home compliant.
> > >
> > > cgoehring <cgoehring_at_rcisd.com> wrote in message
> > > news:39FA253C.37951D7F_at_rcisd.com...
> > > > To all,
> > > >
> > > > If you can point me to an archive search site that would help. I've
 had
> > > > problems with DejaNews ignoring forum I specify and giving me a bunch
 of
> > > > irelevant stuff.
> > > >
> > > > We have a pretty serious problem we need to solve very fast (next
 week).
> > > > We use the new version of the Oracle client that includes Oracle
 Objects
> > > > for OLE as part of the distribution for our applications. The problem
> > > > is, the customer has existing applications that use the old client
 that
> > > > came with Oracle 7.3.3. In one case, there are about 25 workstations
> > > > that use the old client and the Oracle Developer/2000 (Forms
 4.5/Reports
> > > > x.x) client software that has to be installed in the orawin directory
> > > > structure imposed by the Oracle client software. The Developer/2000
> > > > application probably can't be upgraded to the newer version of its
> > > > runtime without substantial re-writing. Adding to the problem is the
> > > > fact that we (our company) wrote both these applications. The
> > > > Developer/2000 based application was originally done over 10 years ago
> > > > and uses features that won't be supported in current versions
 according
> > > > to Oracle. It was upgraded once to run on NT and use Forms 4.5. We
> > > > attempted to migrate the application to a later version the last time
 we
> > > > worked on it, but had too many problems. We tried to get the customer
 to
> > > > fund the migration to the later version of Developer/2000 but they
> > > > wouldn't do it.
> > > >
> > > > Dual homes is the solution Oracle Corp recommends, but we are worried
> > > > about side effects. We are sceptical of what might happen when the
 user
> > > > tries to run both apps at the same. If switching homes swaps registry
> > > > entries around, what are the repercussions of this?
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, we are looking for solutions to this problem. I have a list
 of
> > > > bad ideas but they all are costly. The workstations are all Windows
 98
> > > > or NT 4.0.
> > > >
> > > > Chuck Goehring
> > > >
> > > >
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