Re: WebDB install trouble

There are 2 variables in NT that you must set . I believe that they are tns_names and oracle_home. They must be set in the services panel. I have the specifics at work. It took me a lot of searching on metalink to find that one.

Todd Kromann
Charles Larry <charles_at_donotspam.twcny.rr.com> wrote in message news:37A75153.8E20F9DC_at_donotspam.twcny.rr.com...
> 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
>
Received on Thu Aug 05 1999 - 00:00:00 CEST