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Oracle runs fine on Windows server, with or without a VM. Try not to mix cold hard science with operating system bigotry.
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostOh FFS. I was installing the ORACLE FRAKING CLIENT ON A FRAKIN XP MACHINE GEDDIT??? GEDDIT?? THE FRAKING SCHTOOPID DATABASE IS ON REDHAT YOU TWUNT. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH.
SuitYou I hope you dont get so impatient with your 15 dolla pensioner clients, it would give them a heart attack.
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Suity still couldn't get a connection.Originally posted by k2p2 View PostI'm going to invent a database called "St Mary's Butts".
Boom tish.
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostThere's a shopping centre in Reading called The Oracle.
Customers used to end up there by mistake rather than heading to Thames Valley Park, because it was signposted off the IDR and the M4.

Never heard of it. I only go to the Broad St Mall. It's got cheap parking.
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Says the man who believes the problem cannot be with his tnsnames.ora as it "works fine on the server". Which is another machine, probably on another part of the network, and on a different OS.Originally posted by suityou01 View PostIt's best not to post any more on this topic Freamon old chap you are clearly well out of your depth.


And is also unable to locate "resolv.conf".
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Suity,
I'm still not sure why you need a TNS Names file to complete the installation. It's not explained in the thread, despite your comment in your most recent rep comment.
Perhaps you could explain.
Or does your comment mean that Oracle isn't using SOA suite for BPM?
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Hint: "localhost" is usually not in DNS.Originally posted by suityou01 View PostSuity : Hi, I'm having a problem installing this Oracle client. Yeah the tns entry is right, but the target machine can't resolve the host name.
Techy : You need to map an M drive.
Suity : OK, can't see where you're going with this I'm afraid.
Techy : All our tns files are on the m drive.
Suity : Ah right ok, sure. Trust me this tns file is pucker. Just copied from the server. It works. I can prove it working.
Techy : Like I say you need to map the m drive.
Suity : Will this miraculously fix your dns problems?
Techy : Pardon?
Suity : Just give me the ip address of your frakkin dns servers

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I thought that Oracle's BPM stuff these days was all around SOA Suite, which would use a Java connection so you don't have to mess about with TNS Names any more. Wouldn't get round a problem like (for example) not knowing what machine name corresponds to an IP address, but it would mean you don't need a TNS Names file any more, just the connection details.
Whatever you are installing, though, you don't need a TNS names file to complete the installation.
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There's a shopping centre in Reading called The Oracle.Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostYeah. Right on sister. Respect.
Pssst. Suity. I don't want to appear thick. But WTF is she talking about?
Customers used to end up there by mistake rather than heading to Thames Valley Park, because it was signposted off the IDR and the M4.
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I thought with the menopause you cry a lot and sweat a lot. Sounds like you've hit the nail on the head. Get yourself down the doc for some HRT pronto.Originally posted by suityou01 View PostDon't argue with the mentalist menapausalist nutter.
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Butts Mall, surely?
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