Re: 8.1.7 on NT is problem filled..

From: Daniel A. Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:20:29 -0800
Message-ID: <3A8CD4BD.6860605C_at_exesolutions.com>


[Quoted] I have installed Oracle 8.1.7 on Win2000 without a hitch and know quite a few [Quoted] people that have put it onto NT4 without any reported problems. Well other than [Quoted] the shared one that it is on an insecure, unstable, unscalable O/S.

Daniel A. Morgan

TurkBear wrote:

> I would advise caution when upgrading to 8.1.7 on an NT ( sp5 in my case)...
> In my installation,the Net8 Assistant fails to run ( the ever popular 'address
> at 0x00000000 cannot be 'written'' type error ) and the ODBC driver has
> problems( the latest 8.1.7.2, I think) - Going back to the 8.1.6 client is not
> fun, but that was the only way I could operate....Oracle Support had a bug
> notice for this problem on Solaris, but had no info for NT....
>
> Just a heads-up, your mileage and experience may vary...
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