Re: WebDB install trouble

I'm having the same problem with the WebDB install, but since this is a very low priority on my things-to-do list, I have not called technical support to resolve it.

As for the Oracle Home situation, the way I understand it is that the two products use incompatible versions of Net8/SQLNet, thus, require separate Oracle homes. I noticed the same thing when installing Enterprise Manager 1.6 & Oracle8i. Oracle Developer & Designer were able to use the same home as Enterprise Manager 1.6 though.

Yes, this is a pain in the neck.

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John S. Jones
OCP - Certified Oracle DBA
InfoSphere, Inc.
Fort Worth, Texas

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Charles Larry <charles_at_donotspam.twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I have installed Oracle 8i on machine running Windows NT Server 4.0

> SP3.  When I try to install WebDB, the installation gets to the point

> where it asks for the SYS password for the database.  Regardless of what

> I enter, it says that the password is not valid and that I should make

> sure the database is running.

>

> What database is it trying to connect to?  Nothing in the install

> process up to that point asks about a particular Oracle instance/service

> such as hostname:1521:dbname.

>

> Also, on a related note, what is required to create an "Oracle Home"?  I

> have installed Oracle 8i on C:\Oracle\HOME1. That made my first Oracle

> Home.   Reading the release notes for WebDB, it said I needed to install

> WebDB into its own Oracle Home.  Well, at the point in the install

> process that asked for the name of the Oracle Home to install it to, I

> entered a new name (HomeWebDB) and a new location C:\Oracle\HomeWebDB.

> Is this all that is meant by installing the program in its own "Oracle

> Home" or is there something I am missing?  For example, do I need to go

> back and try to install Oracle 8i again in another directory such as

> C:\Oracle\HOME2.  Is that what it means to create an "Oracle Home"?

>

> Thanks,

> Charles

>