I came to know at Oracle 10g seminar today that Oracle 10g for windows will be released at the end of march 2004. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:08 PM Subject: RE: Oracle 10g for Windows > Comments below > > > Interesting! Have you messed with UNC naming with Oracle? =20 > > That would make > > things easier for those of us who don't regularly maintain=20 > > Oracle DBs on > > Windows and have to remotely figure out where "D:", "E:", and=20 > > "F:" point to. > > I wasn't talking about UNC naming (at least not as I understand it \\server= > name\sharename ) but the ability that came in with Windows 2000 (strictly N= > TFS5) to mount a new volume either as a new drive letter or as part of an e= > xisting filesystem. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=3D/li= > brary/en-us/fileio/base/volume_mount_points.asp gives the overview. Now adm= > ittedly this is approximately 42 years after Unix but there you are.=20 > > > > As far as Werner's wonderful site, yes, I agree with you to a=20 > > point. The > > problem there is inherent to RedHat and not to Linux in=20 > > general. Also, the > > problem seems to be there with versions of RedHat not=20 > > supported by Oracle > > (albeit not as bad as trying to install Oracle Server on WinMe). > > I had similar problems with 9.2 on mandrake 9.2, and being largely incompet= > ent with linux, and curious I just installed 10g instead, I also take your = > point - I wouldn't consider installing Oracle Server on a non-supported win= > dows platform, but quite happily breeze through doing this with Linux. This= > shows either the superiority of linux, or my foolishness :( =20 > > > On the ORACLE_HOME stuff, Oracle specifically says not to set=20 > > Unix-like > > environment variables in Windohs, at least for 8.1.7 (see=20 > > install guide). > > Not that I'm against breaking an Oracle Corp recommendation=20 > > (for me, it's > > parts of OFA), but what problems could it cause? Just=20 > > GUI-related stuff? > > I wouldn't set global environment variables, but am quite happy to set them= > for the duration of the command interpreter session. Yes you do upset GUI = > stuff (and possibly some of the services) if you set them at a system level= > (or even user logon level) - I've never had a problem running a cmd prompt= > and pretending windows was a real OS.=20 > > Cheers > > Niall Litchfield > Oracle DBA > Audit Commission > +44 117 975 7805=20 > > > > > ********************************************************************** > This email contains information intended for > the addressee only. It may be confidential > and may be the subject of legal and/or > professional privilege. Any dissemination, > distribution, copyright or use of this > communication without prior permission of > the sender is strictly prohibited. > ********************************************************************** > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------