Anybody uses Oracle WorkFlow?

I'm trying to install Oracle Workflow but I've got no success. It gives me an error of incorrect password for the SYS user, just like when I was trying to install the WEBDB.
Then I was searching the forum for the word "WorkFlow" and there is 19 matches (now 20 I suppose!). There is any forum to discuss this product ? I have to evaluate it, but if anybody in the world is using it, I think I can't recommend it (it's not installing too...)

I had trouble with the same problem.
On my system there where the following situation:
some times ago I have installed a 8i Database Server and now I wanted to install Workflow 2.5. I have done this in another Oracle_Home-Directory, like discribed in Oracle Documentation.
If there is an quite similar situation on your system, the following could help you:
Do an entry in the controlpanel of WinNT under "system->environment" for the duration of installation. Set a value for the ORACLE_HOME-variable that points to the directory, where your WebDB is installed.
Then the oracle installer will find your service name in the file "tnsnames.ora" and is possible to connect to database.
Regards.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by atorres ([email protected]):
I'm trying to install Oracle Workflow but I've got no success. It gives me an error of incorrect password for the SYS user, just like when I was trying to install the WEBDB.
Then I was searching the forum for the word "WorkFlow" and there is 19 matches (now 20 I suppose!). There is any forum to discuss this product ? I have to evaluate it, but if anybody in the world is using it, I think I can't recommend it (it's not installing too...)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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