Re: 9i on Windows 2000 Server Workgroup

Never had a problem - don't even have Domains involved in my ennvironment so everything is a Workgroup (although have set up in a customer's env where Domains were the standard so that works as well). I've done this literally hundreds of times.

It has never mattered whether I install the software, create an instance, or both.

The one consistent irritation with W2K is that is will only load the TCP/IP subsystem if it wants to, based on what it thinks it detects. As a result, I may not get the little computer network icon on the system tray, or it may only work for MS networking and not TCP/IP.

Where you might be running into a problem is that Oracle requires a full fledged TCP/IP stack with a valid address and TCP/IP domain (well, almost).

You need the TCP/IP subsystem installed and, if no other way, have entries in the /etc/hosts files (fond in C:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc)

HTH
/Hans Received on Mon Jun 21 2004 - 20:25:26 CDT