Re: Multiple Client Installations

Just a reminder...The order in which you install is critical...The older ( pre-8.1) installers will not function in a multiple home environment....

sybrandb_at_my-deja.com wrote:

>In article <978441212.14502.0.nnrp-04.d4f0e7d6_at_news.demon.co.uk>,
> "Neil Jellis" <neil.jellis_at_synapse-partnership.com> wrote:
>> I need to test an Access application that uses an Oracle backend.
>>
>> Currently I have a 8.0.5 setup for Client & Server. I have to test an
 8.1.6
>> setup.
>> I have installed 8.1.6 on the server without any problems.
>>
>> My first question is:
>> Is is feasible to install multiple oracle clients on the same machine
>> without suffering any connection problems? All access to the server is via
>> ODBC and I will use a separate version of the Access application in order
>> that I can have distinct ODBC system DSN's.
>>
>> My second question is:
>> How is the Oracle ODBC driver represented in the list box of the Drivers
>> page of the ODBC Data Source Administrator? Does the 8.1.6 version have a
>> different name?
>>
>> Neil Jellis
>>
>>
>Multiple clients shouldn't be a problem as long as you install them in a
>different Oracle_home. You'll probably want to maintain one tnsnames.ora
>and set the TNS_ADMIN variable in hklm\software\oracle accordignly.
>Without any doubt the 8.1.6 ODBC driver is going to have a different
>version number, so no problems there either.
>
>Hth
  Received on Tue Jan 02 2001 - 09:53:55 CST