Re: Separate client s/w on single machine

"Tweetie Pooh" <tp601553_at_cia.gov> wrote in message news:Xns906B698719458TweetiePooh_at_62.253.162.109...
> We use Oracle 8i (EE) and on my machine and some others just install the
> appropriate client software, no problem.
>
> However one set of machines uses an old (ancient) app that will only work
> with the Oracle 7 client.
> I know that the Oracle 7 client can connect to the 8i database but only by
> some fiddling and offering up the server as a pre8i connection.
> The supplier has no intension of getting their product to work with later
> clients.
>
> Is there a way to install both 7 and 8i clients onto a single machine so
 we
> can use this older app on 7 and have available the newer features of the
 8i
> to connect to our newer servers.
>
> TIA
Sure install Oracle 7 in the *default* Oracle home (as first step)
and install Oracle 8i in a *different* Oracle home. Obviously you will get two directories with a tnsnames.ora files.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Wed Mar 21 2001 - 18:27:20 CET