Re: Oracle 8i and 9i on same Windows server?

  • From: "Dennis Williams" <oracledba.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Alex Fatkulin" <afatkulin@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:54:28 -0600

Thanks everyone for your prompt replies. And on a holiday week at that!
I've passed your replies along to the Windows administrators to help them
make a decision.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
Dennis Williams

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Alex Fatkulin <afatkulin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I was running 8i home with both 10G and 11G homes on the same Win box
> without any troubles.
>
> these were database homes though, but I don't see any immediate
> reasons why it would work for a database and wouldn't for a client
>
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Dennis Williams
> <oracledba.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  > List,
> >
> > We are upgrading a database server to Oracle 10g (10.2.0.4) over the
> > holiday. It was just discovered that one Windows report server is using
> an
> > Oracle 8i client (Windows 2000 I think). Has anyone had any problems with
> > this configuration? As a contingency, we are considering installing the
> 9i
> > client, but want to keep the 8i client available as a contingency. Does
> > anyone recall any problems installing the 9i client without disturbing
> the
> > existing 8i client?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dennis Williams
>
>
>
> --
> Alex Fatkulin,
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfatkulin
>

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