No, I never set ORACLE_BASE or ORACLE_HOME on Windows. In fact, I have to delete it when I catch someone else doing it. Jared Paul Drake <discgolfdba@xxxxxxxxx> Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 03/18/2004 01:53 PM Please respond to oracle-l To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc: Subject: Re: 9i listener for 8i DB not recommended??? please forgive me for top-posting, but that seems to be the norm on this thread. When Oracle issued a security alert for the TNS Listener that was fixed at the time in 9.2, but not fixed in 8.1.7.4.x, we established a best practice of installing a 9.2 home and using its listener. I have seen no issues with this practice. We had been using the 9.2 client on desktops anyways, as the 9.2 OUI handled P IV issues and was certified for Win XP. As far as note 77442.1 I can confirm that a sqlnet 2.3.2 client does not work well against UTF8 database character sets. (as far as why I would know this, I am embarrased to say, but it matters for our environment). "Please do NOT define ORA_NLSxx as (system) ENVIROMENT variable on windows." "Please do NOT define ORACLE_HOME and/or ORACLE_BASE as (system) ENVIROMENT variable on windows as this will invalidate the working of ORA_NLSxx." Jared, Did you set environment variable values for ORACLE_HOME or ORACLE_BASE? Paul --- James Howerton <jhowerton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I use the 9i listener(9.2.0.x) on several Solaris > boxes with 8.1.6.2, > 8.1.7.X,9.0.1, and 9.2.0 databases with no problems > > ...JIM... > > >>> jkstill@xxxxxxxxxx 3/18/04 9:57:39 AM >>> > I recently installed a 9i database on an NT server > that > already has 8i on it. The listener for both was > setup > to be 9i, disabling the 8i listener. > > It has proved to be somewhat cranky. I've noticed > that > even though the service starts automatically, it > sometimes > will not work correctly unless it is manually > started > via lsnrctl. > > Could be a version problem. Or it could just be an > NT > thing, which is good at not starting services > correctly anyway. > > Jared > > On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 05:06, Martin Brown wrote: > > I had some trouble like this way-back-when 8i was > released. I found > out that > > 8i listener couldn't service 8.0.5 (8.0.6 was OK). > I had to set up > named > > listeners and that worked OK in my environment. > > > > > > >From: "Darrell Landrum" <darrell@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Reply-To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Subject: Re: 9i listener for 8i DB not > recommended??? > > >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:37:27 -0600 > > > > > >I'm with you, Rich. I don't know where I got it, > but I've believed > it to > > >be > > >appropriate if not recommended to run the > listener from the latest > release > > >you have installed for that release and each one > prior that you may > have on > > >that system (unless you need a special listener > for some reason.). > We > > >currently do that. The only problem I've > encountered is running a > 9i > > >listener from a 64 bit install and using that for > an 8i, 32 bit > instance. > > >The listener crashed a lot. > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Jesse, Rich" > <Rich.Jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >To: "ORACLE-L (E-mail)" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 3:29 PM > > >Subject: 9i listener for 8i DB not recommended??? > > > > > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > > > While trying to debug a particularly nasty old > app, I ran across > this on > > >doc > > > > 77442.1 on MetaLink: > > > > > > > > Please note that we don't advise to use a > version 9 listener for > a > > >version > > > > 8 database > > > > or a version 10 listener for a version 9 or 8 > database seen there > where > > >many > > > > changes > > > > to the NLS layers between those versions. > > > > > > > > As Moe Syzlak says, "WHAAAAAA??!?" This is > exactly opposite > from > > >everything > > > > else I've heard, although to be fair, I can't > recall exactly