Re: Upgrade 7.3.4 to 9i: DBUA error

From: DJ <nospamplease_at_goaway.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:12:35 +0100
Message-ID: <cH2cb.2692$jJ3.43060@newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net>

"Don Seiler" <don_at_seiler.us> wrote in message news:pan.2003.09.23.20.50.31.875884_at_seiler.us...
> Upgrading an Oracle 7.3.4.5 install to 9.2.0.1. Oracle software is
> installed and it is in the phase where it runs DBUA automatically
> afterwards. DBUA does see the Oracle 7.3.4 (presumably from the
> /etc/oratab file) but when I select that it goes to get some DB info and
> returns this error pop-up:
>
> Could not get the database version from the "Oracle Database" component.
> The "CEP" file "/u00/app/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/admin/rdbmsup.sql"
> does not provide the version directive.
>
> Just to confirm: I changed the ORACLE environment vars to the 9i settings
> before I began the installer, so ORACLE_HOME points to 9.2.0 and not
> 7.3.4. That is the proper setting right?

IIRC you cant upgrade from 7.3 to 9i directly Received on Tue Sep 23 2003 - 16:12:35 CDT