Re: Oracle/developer installation fails

Are you running the latest patched version of Developer - (6)

The most recent version (avec patch) is 6.0.7

The patch is downloadable from Metalink (if you have an Oracle support contract for Developer) :-

<PATCH INFO>

  ID:3814.999

           Patch Set:: DEV2K_6.0_7
                                                                                                    

Readme:README.txt

  Product:Oracle Developer                   Last updated:27-APR-00
  Platform:MS Windows NT                     Patch version:6.0_7
  Info:Oracle Developer 6.0 Patch 7          Size:59894784

</PATCH INFO>

David P.

Oracle Certified DBA.

Amir Syed wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am a newly minted Oracle Developer. I am having serious problems when
> trying to install Oracle Developer (I have tried Forms 4.5, 5 and 6)
> with Oracle7 or 8 database on my computer. I have tried both windows 95
> and 98.
>
> The database installs properly but when I try to install developer (any
> version), the installation fails. I get a fatal error message from
> Oracle installer as follows:
>
> "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down"
>
> If I install the Developer suite when the Database is not present, the
> installation works. But it always fails when I have try to install
> developer after the database has been installed.
>
> My system pentium III system has 64 M of memory. Some one has told me
> that windows Filesystem has to be FAT16 for the installation to work. My
> system has FAT32.
>
> I have even tried reformatting the hard drive. But that didn't do any
> good either.
>
> Can someone out there help me please. I am really desperate.
> Thanks in advance.
Received on Mon May 01 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT