On Jun 5, 5:12 pm, Ben <bal..._at_comcast.net> wrote:
> So I've done a quick read of the upgrade and install manuals, I've
> searched metalink, asktom, and here. I just can't find what I'm
> looking for and I'm probably just not searching on the correct
> phrases.
> I know you have to create seperate homes and I know that a 10g install
> can't read a 9i database and vice versa. My question is what exactly
> is it that tells the instance what version of the software to use? I'm
> assuming it is just the ORACLE_HOME environment variable that you have
> set when you start the database. Am I missing something real obvious
> here?
cat /etc/oratab.
What's in there?
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Received on Tue Jun 05 2007 - 10:19:57 CDT
