On 1/11/06, Schauss, Peter <peter.schauss@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > We are considering installing Oracle (9i) on one of our Windows > development boxes which currently has SQL Server (2000 - sp3) installed. > Am I likely to encounter any conflicts between the two software > packages? > > They play happily together (I had 8i,9i,10 and SQL2000 on the same laptop for a while). The only 'conflicts' will be the resource conflicts and if you install tools that know about sql2k, or Oracle only, that busily acquire all .sql etc file extensions. Oh and if you install too much db software your PATH is likely to exceed the windows limit and various things might silently break. -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com