Re: Oracle Homes

From: Marty Grinstead <marty_grinstead_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:40:40 -0000
Message-ID: <11wq7.7325$X3.3130148@newsrump.sjc.telocity.net>

Within the bin directory of each ORACLE_HOME is a file that contains the "location" within the registry for this home. When an application runs from this bin directory, it reads the oracle.key file to know where in the registry to get the environment.

So, with Windows operating systems, it is not really necessary to change ORACLE_HOMEs like it is on Unix machines. There is an ORACLE_HOME selector, that basically changes the path so when you execute programs from the command line, it finds the intended home first in the path.

Marty

KuttererK <KuttererK_at_boeing.com> wrote in message news:3BAA4EDA.38B29324_at_boeing.com...
> Can anyone tell me how the Oracle Homes works in the registry? I see
> that there is a root level Oracle Key that has all the settings that are
> current on the workstation. I can also see that there are multiple
> homes under the Oracle Homes Key called ORACLE1, ORACLE2, etc.
>
> Are these homes strictly for documentation or history or is one able to
> switch between the different homes for different configurations?
Received on Thu Sep 20 2001 - 15:40:40 CDT