Re: Has anybody succesfully used VB.NET on Oracle on UNIX ?

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From: Hopper (hopper_at_nomail.com)
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:23:05 -0500

"Drebin" <thedrebin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Z_%1d.17058$ZC7.1642@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
> But it's COMPLETELY ridiculous what they put you through. Either they are
> trying to be clever by making the install difficult - or they are too
> incompetent to make it easy. Either way, it has made me lose a lot respect
> for Oracle. It doesn't take a smarter person to install Oracle, it takes
> someone who is patient and has learned all the annoying nuances.
>
> You're forgetting, you ***SHOULD*** be able to just pop the CD without
> reading the docs!!

Home user pap yes, enterprise level software, no. You need to plan out what
you are doing before hand, read the docs etc. I'm guessing you don't like
UNIX either.

>
> Worst. Company. Ever!
>
>
> "Hopper" <hopper@nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:Oj8lTE1mEHA.2864@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "Thomas H" <T@H> wrote in message
> > news:eZM2mbNeEHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > "Ian Ringrose" <ringi_at_bigfot_dot_com@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > > news:OgIzWEKeEHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > > Remember that you have to install the oracle client on every PC that
> > will
> > > > access oracle. Installing any oracle software is a black art and it
> can
> > > take
> > > > a long time. (After all oracle has to keep DBA happy by making
> > everything
> > > so
> > > > hard that you need a full time DBA.)
> > >
> > > Well; I wouldn't call the installation a "black art". 99% of the
> problems
> > > I've heard of have to do with the user not paying attention to the
> Oracle
> > > docs- they either skim the docs, or they pop in the CD without looking
> at
> > > any docs!
> >
> > Agreed. Just because something doesn't install by next, next, yes,
next,
> > next, finish does not make it a black art.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > But yes, cross-platform Oracle is no problem, as long as the server
and
> > > client were configured properly. If someone mis-installed the server
on
> > the
> > > Linux/Unix box, then that will probably cause trouble down the line.
A
> > > great utility is "tnsping" (found in the $ORACLE_HOME/bin directory)-
if
> > you
> > > can't find the server with "tnsping tnsalias", then your programs
won't
> > find
> > > the server either.
> > >
> > > -Thomas
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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