WLI 7.0 samples database setup problem

Question

I have just installed WL Platform 7.0. I want to run the WLI samples and did the following:
1. Started "Integration Database Wizard" for WLI samples and performed "SwitchDB"
- provided valid database properties for oracle. Completed successfully - config.xml
for samples is updated.
2. Ran RunSamples script - Gives database connect problems and database is not created.
The user/pwd/machine name/SID are all correct.
I observed that as part of "RunSamples", it again invokes "SwitchDB" (command I see
is "switchdb oracle"). This resets the database properties in config.xml to the defaults
- so obviously this is causing the connection problem.
Pls let me know what is going wrong here?
Thanks

Answer 1

Garf,
You are correct in your analysis. When you run the 'RunSamples' script,
it will call switchdb and this causes the 'defaults' to be set in
config.xml. Running the wliconfig utility is the customer experience
BEA would like to have with regard to setting up the database. However,
the RunSamples script has not been updated to correctly reflect that the
customer would have already performed this step. When RunSamples calls
switchdb, it is getting the defaults from the following location:
<USER_DEFINED_DOMAIN>/dbInfo/<DATABASE>/setDBVars and setDBVarsExt files
So for example, if you accepted the default user directory and your
BEA_HOME is C:/bea and you were using the EAI Domain template calling
your domain eaidomain and your are using Oracle, you should update the
following files:
C:\bea\user_projects\eaidomain\dbInfo\oracle\setDBVars.cmd and
setDBVarsExt.cmd
Edit these files to reflect your DB connection properties.
When RunSamples calls switchdb, these properties will be used to update
the wliPool in config.xml. I hope this helps and sorry for the
inconvenience.
Cheers,
Chris
Garf wrote:
I have just installed WL Platform 7.0. I want to run the WLI samples and did the following:
1. Started "Integration Database Wizard" for WLI samples and performed "SwitchDB"
- provided valid database properties for oracle. Completed successfully - config.xml
for samples is updated.
2. Ran RunSamples script - Gives database connect problems and database is not created.
The user/pwd/machine name/SID are all correct.
I observed that as part of "RunSamples", it again invokes "SwitchDB" (command I see
is "switchdb oracle"). This resets the database properties in config.xml to the defaults
- so obviously this is causing the connection problem.
Pls let me know what is going wrong here?
Thanks