Re: Can Oracle7 and Oracle8 co-exist?

Ben,

    This is no problem. They don't need to have different owners. If you are running Oracle Applications 10.7, and you want to use an Oracle 8i instance to house it, then you must do this type of install. You will have 2 Oracle homes, each with it's own database listener and all associated files. They will be installed in separate directories, by default. You will need to have a way to setup your environment when you login to pick the Oracle home you want to use and setup all of the environment variables correctly.

Ben Poels wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to install Oracle 8.1.7 on the same
> AIX 4.3.2 box which is already running
> Oracle 7.3.4.5. I will use a separate Oracle
> owner and Oracle home for the new 8.1.7 software.
>
> Has anybody had any problems with these two
> versions co-existing on the same platform?
> I have them both installed now but before
> I spend a lot of time trying to break it I
> thought I'd check to see whether or not this
> has worked out at other sites.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben Poels
> Queen's University
> Kingston, Ontario
>
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