Re: Only one Oracle_HOME after installing 10G.

dba_222_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> Dear experts,
>
> I've recently started working in an environment with
> both 10G, and 9i.
>
> All of the Window clients had Oracle 9i on it, and
> then had 10G installed after. Not by me.
>
> After 10G was installed, all the windows clients
> could only find one Oracle_Home. 10G.
> When I go into Home Selector, I get the message,
> There is only one Oracle Home defined on this machine.
>
> Yet, Oracle Universal Installer shows both the 9i, and
> the 10G installs.
>
> In previous versions of Oracle, the Home Selector
> would show, and allow you to pick one of the Oracle Homes.
>
>
> I'm tempted to unistall 9i, and then reinstall it.
> But if there is a simpler way, I'd prefer that.
>
>
> What is the secret to have both 9i, and 10G homes available
> on the windows clients? That is, by choosing it via
> Home Selector. BTW, I'm only interested in the client,
> not the server software.
>
> For those of you who thinks it makes any difference, the Windows
> clients are running XP Pro.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>

Somebody must have upgraded the 9i to 10g. Does the installer show the same directory for 9i and 10g?

Reinstalling 9i in a different directory (aka new oracle home) seems the only option then.

Why do you want the 9i client anyway?

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