Re: Oracle 10g for Windows

From: Chip <ocp-dba_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 00:22:06 -0700
Message-ID: <4035B59E.6040304@earthlink.net>

More inline comments:
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>>>* Why can't MS provide a semi-decent code editor.
>>>Yeah, notepad. Right.
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>>I'd say that wordpad was semi-decent and the vs.net ide was
>>superb(but costly).
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>Wurdpad? Are you kidding???? Perhaps when compared to Outlook's builtin
>editor which can't handle cut'n'paste correctly. And thanks, Mark for
>reminding me about ConText!
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Crimson Editor is a Professional Source Editor that color highlights keywords in many languages (including SQL and PERL): http://www.crimsoneditor.com

>>>* The fact that there are still drive letters.
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>>I can't get too excited about drive letters v mount points,
>>but in windows2000 upwards you do have a choice.
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>Not in Oracle you don't. Or try installing Windohs on a "D" drive and see
>how far you get before products have major problems. Been there, done that.
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Windows multi-boot configuration can be setup with multiple Oracle Databases.
My windows boot menu has several working choices:

C:\ Windows 2000 Professional
D:\ Windows 2003 Server
E:\ Windows XP Professional (primary boot for reading Oracle-L)
F:\ Windows 2000 Server

Note: planning to add Red Hat, SuSE, and Gentoo to the Windows boot menu.

Caution: changing hard drives can be painful. Windows can be very particular
about which partition on a hard drive can be used for an existing configuration.
The map command in the recovery console may be helpful - displays the drive letters that the Windows installer would assign for various partitions (which
may not match the drive letter actually used by Windows in a partition).

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>>>* The stupid Oracle home selector that is strictly a GUI.
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>>I've always ignored it.
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>How do you switch Oracle Homes on Windohs then?
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Seems the Oracle Home selector just changes the system path. Within the bin folder in an Oracle Home, the oracle.key file contains the registry key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for the Oracle home settings. In a command prompt, I can easily switch between sqlplus versions just by specifying sqlplus.exe with its path.

Have Fun :)

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