Re: The Denis Prize

"Wolfram Roesler" <wr_at_grp.de> wrote in message news:Xns9486778D6D97Dwrgrpde_at_130.133.1.4...
> drak0nian_at_yahoo.com (Paul Drake) wrote in
> news:1ac7c7b3.0402042320.248b5e57_at_posting.google.com:
>
> > then again, why did you want to force oracle software under c:\program
> > files?
>
> Because that's where it belongs, according to Windows standards.
> There was other software on the machine, and who'd want to go
> back to DOS days with every program installed in C:\? When each
> and every Windows program written in the past five years allows
> to be installed in the proper location designated by Windows,
> why can't Oracle? "Path too long"? Ridiculous!

Program Files is a default location, rather than a mandatory one. It may on occasion be suitable to change it, I'd suggest that where a machine is a database server placing the software in a nice simple location on a different drive to the OS is sensible. I also find it somewhat amusing that the idea of the "program files" directory structure was to separate software and data (which is good) and MSSQL promptly decides that this location should be used for software, data and backups.

You should also bear in mind that the Universal installer is, as the name somewhat suggests, not a windows program, but a program that will also run on windows if you see what I mean.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK