Re: developer installation problems

I am afraid that Markus is right. The installation order does matter if you are using an 8.1.6 client.

PC.

In article <fKfT4.2798$v%5.184902_at_newshog.newsread.com>,   "Van Messner" <vmessner_at_bestweb.net> wrote:
> Hi Frits:
> Markus is right that Developer needs the default home. However,
 you can
> install the products in any order you wish. If you install the
 database
> first make sure to name the Oracle home something other than the
 default -
> that's the one you need to save for Developer.
>
> Van
>
> Markus Janscha <markus_at_janscha.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8fjn6t$jlr$1_at_gxsn.com...
> > Frits,
> >
> > I think there are two problems here. Firstly the installer of
 Developer 6
> > is not Y2K compliant (at least it was not in February this year
 when I
> > downloaded it) and you have to download an updated installer.
 Secondly
> > Developer 6 should be installed first and into its default home
 directory
> > called "win95" (I believe). Dev6 does not support multiple homes
 and must
> > live in the default home. Then install 8i products into a new
 Oracle
 home.
> > After that things should work fine.
> > In you case I recommend to delete all Oracle keys from the registry
 and
> > clear any path settings before re-installing.
> >
> > Good Luck
> >
> > Markus
> >
> > Frits West <fritswest_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:391c3813.598517_at_news.xs4all.nl...
> > > I'm fairly new to Oracle. To make at least a start with learning
> > > Oracle / Oracle Developer. I downloaded (from technet) and
 installed
> > > Oracle 8i on my Windows NT Server and installed the client on my
> > > Windows 98 machine.
> > > Within a couple of minutes I had everything up and running
 including
> > > the ODBC link, which I tested using Ms Access.
> > >
> > > Then I continued with installing Devoloper (6?) on my Windows 98
> > > machine. Unfortunately I got the following message:
> > > The location specified d:Oracle\Ora81 is already used as an Oracle
> > > home for Oracle 816 Production" It cannot be used as an Oracle
 home
> > > for win95. Then I tried a different location and got the message
 that
> > > it could only be installed on OraHome81, which referred to (i
 thought
> > > d:\Oracle\Ora81) I tried to uninstall and reinstall again, but
 then
> > > things got really messy. It looks like the uninstall procedures
 are
> > > not really working.
> > >
> > > At one stage I had developer in place but I couldn't connect to
 the
> > > server using SQL*Plus. When I used the SQL*Plus from the Oracle 8i
> > > client installation there was no problem connect whatsoever.
> > >
> > > What am I doing wrong or how can I fix this?
> > >
> > > Any help, suggestions would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Frits West
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy. Received on Mon May 15 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT