Re: Installing 9i and 8i into some ORACLE_BASE

Big Chuck <ccarson_at_echeeba.com> wrote in news:3f2fb312$1_1_at_corp- news.newsgroups.com:

> I am running on Solaris 8 64-bit.
>
> I currently have Oracle 9.2.0.3 64-bit installed with the following:
>
> ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
> ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/9.2.0.3
>
> I also need the 8.1.7 client on this machine as well. Is there any
> danger with installed it as so:
>
> ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
> ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/8.1.7
>
>
> Thanks,
> CC
>
>

Why do you need the 8.1.7 client? The 9.2 client should be able to connect to any database that 8.1.7 can. Received on Tue Aug 05 2003 - 09:18:38 CDT