Re: Oracle 8.04 upgrade

within the dbshut/dbstart scripts, if i remember correctly(its been about a year since i looked at one), it will automatically set $ORACLE_HOME based on values in the /etc/oratab, so that the correct binaries are called to start the db.

joe
http://www.oracle-dba.com

In article <356C1D5E.B25BF9D3_at_noaa.gov>,   "Tumie C. Hurd, III" <Tumie.C.Hurd.III_at_noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> I am new to Oracle on the UNIX O.S. and I have successfully installed
> both Oracle 7.3.3 and Oracle 8.03. I am able to reference either
> version by refining the ORACLE_SID and ORACLE_HOME variables. There is
> one thing that I haven't figured-out yet is how to start each instance
> separately without modifying the /etc/oratab file which references both
> instances when dbshut or dbstart is executed.
>
> I hope this helps. Again, I am new to the UNIX world but I have 15
> instances of Oracle executing under an OpenVMS O.S. and trying to
> make UNIX look and feel like VMS (I have finally realized) is not a
> good plan.
>
> bmolish_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:
> >
> > I currently am running Oracle 7.32 on an HP UX box, and need to install
 8.04.
> > I need to have both databases running at the same time for development ant
 QA
> > purposes
> >
> > Has anyone had any problems doing this?
> >
> > Has anyone run into any problems with 8.04 enterprise edition?
> >
> > Any advice would be extreamly helpful.
> >
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