Oracle 10.2 on Windows I am playing with this and did a default install of the sample database. I was very surprised to find the admin and oradata trees under ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0. Is there any reason why it is desirable to keep then in a version specific tree? Many versions ago they did things that way but then they got smarter and made the Admin and Oradata areas version independent. I know I can do a customized setup and change this, but I am wondering if there is any good reasons to do it the way they did in their sample database. Thanks, Sarah ____________________________________________ Sarah Satterthwaite Database Administrator Fiserv CSW FAX: (617) 498-0959 sarah@xxxxxxxxxxx Fiserv Lending Solutions 125 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 www.valuserv.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l