Installing Oracle 8i and Developer 6.0 technet packages on NT

Question

I recently purchased the Oracle 8i (8.1.6) and Developer 6.0 "packages" from technet ($200/each). The Oracle 8i Enterprise Server software installed without any problems [ Oracle home = ora81 ]. However, when I tried to install the Developer package [ to oradev ], I got a message indicating that the install would replace my "ora81" registry settings with the "oradev" settings... which it did, thereby rendering my database "in-operable".
After repeatedly removing and reinstalling the two packages, I was finally able to get both installed with an "operable" database. However, I keep getting a TNSNAMES error message when I try to connect to the database from Oracle Forms. Has anyone else encountered this scenario??? I am quite experienced in "using" Oracle tools and the database, but NOT when it comes to installing and configuring them...
At this point, I believe that my problem lies with SQL*Net... any ideas???
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Answer 1

U-da-Man!
Thanks, Martin... your step-by-step process worked like a charm! Although, having used Oracle products for 7+ years, I am amazed that the Developer package had to be installed before the database. I wonder what will happen when I eventually install Developer 6i ??
Anyway, thanks again for the info!
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Martin Vonk ([email protected]):
Hi Dave,
Did not install Oracle 816 up to now. But still..
Developer 6 has to be installed in DEFAULT_HOME...
See the procedure below (source Oracle (modified)).
Installation Procedure
Follow this procedure to install Developer 6.0 and Oracle 8i on the same physical machine in separate ORACLE_HOMEs on NT:
1) Install Developer 6.0 using the instructions on the Developer CD.
Specify an appropriate drive and the ORANT directory as the destination. For example:
D:\ORANT
Note: You must install Developer in the Oracle home named DEFAULT_HOME.
2) Install RDBMS 8.1.5 from the Oracle 8i CD. Specify the following information when prompted for the Oracle Home and Full path:
Oracle Home ora8i
Full Path d:\orant\ora8i
Choose Typical Install
Global Database Name ora8i.us.oracle.com (This is an example)
SID ORA8I (This is an example)
As the product installs, a summary is displayed that shows the products that are installed and the space requirements.
When the installation is complete, the following information is displayed and the installer exits:
Oracle Database Configuration Assistant Alert Database Creation Completed.
Database Information
Global Database Name ora8i.us.oracle.com
SID ORA8I
Sys password change_on_install
System passwd manager
3) A TNSNAMES entry needs to be created in the tnsnames.ora file for the new Oracle 8i installation. You can find the file in:
d:\orant\net80\admin\tnsnames.ora
A default entry will look like this:
alias.world
(DESCRIPTION
(ADDRESS_LIST
(ADDRESS
(PROTOCOL = TCP)
(Host = )
(Port = )
(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = )
For example, if you installed on a machine with a HOSTNAME of TEST, a SID named ORA8I, on TCP/IP with port 1521, and an alias of NEW, you would create the following entry:
NEW.world
(DESCRIPTION
(ADDRESS_LIST
(ADDRESS
(PROTOCOL = TCP)
(Host = TEST)
(Port = 1521)
(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = ORA8I)
4) If you manually created the entry, save and close the tnsnames.ora file.
You can now connect to the local database instance of 8i using the DBSTRING as NEW. For example, you can connect as scott/tiger@NEW.
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