Re: NT WorkGroup Server Database & NT WebServer Database Compatibility?

Hi.

I have been running NT Workgroup Server 7.2 with WebServer 2.0 for many months now without a problem. They work together seamlessly.

However, installation for this is a bit different. You cannot install the older components and upgrade to get this to work right. We got it working by custom installing only the components and versions we wanted to be running. DO NOT INSTALL A VERSION OF A COMPONENT YOU DON'T INTEND TO USE. If you do, you will have problems, even if you "upgrade". This is a little bit extra work, but the install should go without a problem. It took many hours and many headaches to figure out how to install this configuration!

-James Rogers
 jamesr_at_best.com

Brian Everett wrote:
>
> I went through this already. And Oracle tech support told me that I
> needed to run Oracle 7.3 with Webserver 2.0. I could get Oracle 7.2
> (Workgroup Server) to work with Webserver 1.0 only. I had to fall back
> to Webserver 1.0 until Oracle 7.3 arrived. I installed 7.3 and
> Webserver 2.0 and now everything seems to work.
>
> Good Luck! Brian_RestonVA
>
> umboss_at_news.cc.umanitoba.ca (Darren Timothy Boss) wrote:
>
> >
> >Hagen Finley (hagen_at_violet.berkeley.edu) wrote:
> >: I recently received the trial NT WorkGroup Server and the NT Web Server
> >: CDs from Oracle and it seems to be the case that the Web Server Rdbms72
> >: overrides the Workgroup Server Rdbms71. In one sense, that makes sense,
> >: given that the 7.2 database is more current than the 7.1. However, its
> >: not clear that the WorkGroup Server survived the override. Is there just
> >: one database (7.2) which now is accessed jointly by both the Workgroup
> >: server and the Web server or did the Web Server installation just trash
> >: the Workgroup installation? Can I expect the Workgroup Server to
> >: function? (presently I have not been able to establish remote
> >: connections from the LAN- WIN95 SQLPLUS & Power Object clients). Is the
> >: Web Server database a full featured database or is it a limited edition
> >: which is oriented to the Web Server function?
> >: Anyway I hope someone can explain the compatibility propsects to me,
> >: somehow or another Oracle seems to secreted its documentation on these
> >: disks in the HinterWelt, at least I have found it difficult to find (are
> >: there .pdf files for the NT products like there are for WIN95?). Thanks
> >: for any help ou can offer.
> >
> >I haven't had any luck installing both the release 7.2 workgroup server
> >together with the webserver version 2.0.1.0.1 domestic edition. The
> >webserver install seems to clobber the workgroup pretty good. Because I
> >haven't been working with databases for very long and most of this stuff
> >is over my head and I can't really tell you what has gone wrong. What I
> >can tell you is that both RDBMS71 and 72 are listed in the installed
> >oracle products and the tnslistener server will no longer start up
> >anymore giving an access violation error. I can't find any support on
> >oracle's site or through calling their tech support number. I'm ready to
> >take a sledgehammer to our nt server.
Received on Wed Nov 20 1996 - 00:00:00 CET