"Chuck" <chuckh_nospam_at_softhome.net> wrote in message
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> ilaletin_at_usa.net (Igor Laletin) wrote in
> news:f9226414.0402032105.122e6e16_at_posting.google.com:
>
> > Chuck <chuckh_nospam_at_softhome.net> wrote in message
> > news:<Xns94805C12D6AABchuckhsofthomenet_at_130.133.1.4>... ...
> >> The only references to oradim in the 8i docs are in 8i the Migration
> >> Guide pages 4-15, 7-16, and 13-5.
> >
> > Try "Oracle8i Administrator's Guide for Windows NT" -> Chapter 6
> > "Post-Installation Database Creation" -> "Using ORADIM to Administer
> > an Oracle Instance".
> >
> > Regards,
> > Igor
> >
>
> Been there, read that. There is nothing in this manual (or any other
> Oracle manual that I've found) that explains how to get oradim to specify
> which oracle home to use to start an instance with. Keep in mind that the
> goal here is to have two services, each starting an instance using a
> different oracle home (i.e. a different set of executables), each at a
> different patch level of 8.1.7.4.
> --
Doesn't running a command prompt and issuing SET ORACLE_HOME=<HOMENAME>
before using oradim to create the service have the desired results? Failing
that I'd navigate to %ORACLE_HOME%\bin for the home in question and then run
oradim from there.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Thu Feb 05 2004 - 10:08:27 CST
