Re: Designer 6i & Oracle 8.1.6 on same machine

There is no problem with using the same machine, just set up a second Oracle Home( Like Ora_Des6i, for instance)..All the newer Oracle tools have no problems with multiple homes and no added overhead is involved...

Val Sorokine <sorokine_at_speakeasy.net> wrote:

>Gentlemen,
>
>Oracle Repository Designer 6i Installation Guide Release 2 says:
>
>"...
>Multiple Oracle Homes
>
>Oracle Repository Designer 6i release 2 can recognize and work with multiple
>Oracle home directories. Thus it is possible to install Oracle Repository
>Designer 6i release 2 into any Oracle home directory on a client workstation.
>However, if Oracle8i is already installed on the same machine (see the next
>section), ensure that you install Oracle Repository Designer 6i release 2
>into a different Oracle home.
>..."
>
>So, I wouldn't recommend to install Designer 6i & Oracle 8.1.6 on same machine.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Val
>
>Brian Duff wrote:
>>
>> The second poster was correct: 6i Release 2 does NOT have this
>> restriction any more.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> Blanche Lara wrote:
>>
>> > there is a home issue designer requires the default home, install
>> >
>> > designer then install the rest of the oracle suite
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > TurkBear wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> The newest release of designer 6i ( Rel 2 I believe) does not restrict where it
 

>> >> can be installed...
 

>> >>
 

>> >> Frank van Bortel <fbortel_at_home.nl> wrote:
 

>> >>
 

>> >>
>> >>> Apart from all the wisdom ventilated earlier, there *is* a
 

>> >>> complete chapter on how to tweak the registry settings
 

>> >>> to avoid de-installation of 8i RDBMS when installing Designer.
 

>> >>> It's in the installation docu. Hope this arrives before you
 

>> >>> started removing the RDBMS...
 

>> >>>
 

>> >>> "Howard C. Taylor" wrote:
 

>> >>>
 

>> >>>
>> >>>> Hi,
 

>> >>>>
 

>> >>>> I'd like to have an installation of Designer 6i & Oracle 8.1.6 running
 

>> >>>> on the same machine (NT 4.0).
 

>> >>>>
 

>> >>>> Is this possible?
 

>> >>>>
 

>> >>>> I've had a quick go but the installation of Designer (after Oracle 8i)
 

>> >>>> tells me that the Oracle home must be different from the database home
 

>> >>>> and when I set another home it tells me that the installation must be
 

>> >>>> into the original home !
 

>> >>>>
 

>> >>>> Can anyone help?
 

>> >>>>
 

>> >>>> Howard C. Taylor (Chandler's Ford, England)
 

>> >>>
>>
>> --
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>> Brian Duff, Software Engineer
>> Oracle JDeveloper Product Development SCM Team
Received on Tue Mar 20 2001 - 16:11:56 CET