> -----Original Message----- > From: Eric D. Pierce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 1:07 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Windohs client problems > > > Dude, > > Tisk, tisk, sounds like you didn't read all 25,000 pages of > documentation before starting your install/deinstall/reinstall > hell.
25K pages is a lot of time in the bathroom... > VAX?! Well, the versions of early Oracle products were quite > simple back then, no? Installing Oracle stuff on Netware or > DOS/Windows back in the old days was pretty easy too. Nay, my good man. I stated "VMS", which != "VAX". One of our Oracle servers here is an Alpha running VMS (or "OpenVMS" as the marketing cronies call it). And my other workstation, also an OpenVMS/Alpha runs 9.0.1 quite happily. Oracle won't let me D/L 9iR2 for VMS yet (they say it's a space issue on OTN), but when I can, I'll install that for testing, too. Or I could just order it. (eh.) > The kind of complex combo you are attempting is probably > inherently going to be problematic, and I would definitely > have asked Oracle tech support about install sequence issues > (as well as the ODBC problems, etc.). My assumption is that > the earlier product(s) should be installed first, but that may > or may not be much of a factor. You've got a lot of stuff to > tease out to find the "real" problem. I would go through > separate clean installs of each pair of programs, looking for > glitches, then add anothe component, etc. Yeah, I know I need to place a TAR. But the last one I placed was a *dream*, thanks to Cathy@Oracle. Not only did she actually e-mail me directly (as opposed to only updating the TAR), but she even called to see that her fix actually worked. And it did (STATSPACK install f'ed up a couple dozen SYS packages)! I closed the TAR pleading that she forward my comments to her super because this was the way a TAR should be handled. I guess I'm afraid to try for another TAR because I know it'll be back to The Old Way of handling a TAR. BTW, I've installed the 9i EE S/W in order to get the ONames Server and not to run a DB. I also wanted the ability to build a quick test DB for OiD if needed. Thx! Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
