Well my manager insisted me to do so . jame tong <jametong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: why do you install a oracle8i client here. The Oracle9i client can also access the data in the Oracle8i database. On 4/19/05, stephen booth wrote: > On 4/19/05, chunyu hu wrote: > > It dosen't matter which version you install first. For myself, I > > installed 8i,9i,10g on same machine. >=20 > IME experience you have problems if you try to install an older > version of Oracle than is currently installed...on Windows. >=20 > Even though the Oralce Homes are separate some files land up in the > Windows system directory and you get situations where a later version > of the file is silently replaced with an earlier version. >=20 > Stephen >=20 > --=3D20 > It's better to ask a silly question than to make a silly assumption. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l