"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:<3f27906c$0$15030$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net>...
> "Bradley Hennon" <brad_at_hennon.net> wrote in message
> news:730c4cb8.0307290857.24bbc486_at_posting.google.com...
> > First let me say, I know nothing about oracle, sql, programming, and
> > very little Unix.
> >
> > I have a user running Windows 2000 sp2. We are installing an app that
> > connects to a database server using oracle...I think.
> >
> > I have installed the same app on multiple machines with the same set
> > up as this particular user without trouble. The app has been built
> > using windows installer technology and attempts to connect to the
> > database during the install. I get a oracle connection error halfway
> > throught the install and the install aborts.
> >
> > I decided that I should try and re-install the oracle client and
> > started doing some looking around on the oracle site. I have given up
> > trying to fix this users issue temporarily but have not been able to
> > get a grasp on all the downloads on the oracle site or how to use some
> > of them.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > 1. I downloaded oracle lite 9.1 and extracted it to my windows 2000
> > machine. From the extension I realize that I need to use cpio to
> > extract the necessary file. The problem is that I download cpio and
> > now need to "compile" it to run on my machine and have no idea how to
> > do so.
> >
> > I have 63 files from the cpio download with cryptic instructions for
> > compiling the program, which looks like it is written in "c". The
> > instructions look like that are meant for Unix and do not work on my
> > 2k machine.
> >
> > What do I need to do to extract the olite_50200_aix5l.cpio file? Once
> > I extract it, will it be something I can use to re-install the oracle
> > client?, or will it be more cryptic instructions.
>
> That looks distinctly like a file intended for IBM AIX not MS Windows. In
> any case as TurkBear suggests you'd be better off downloading a full client
> for windows.
>
> That said It may well be that no reinstallation is required at all. You say
> that you get an Oracle connection error during the install. Any chance of
> sharing the error message with us. it may well mean something.
I am not really interested in fixing the problem anymore, i am more
interested in learning the basics so i know what i am looking at when
i have to fix these problems. I forget the exact error message but the
microsoft kb and the newsgroups all say to upgrade the oracle client
from 8.1 to a newer version but give no info on how to obtain the
"oracle client".
Received on Wed Jul 30 2003 - 14:03:34 CDT
