Oracle winxp compatibility

[suriya6in]

hi

I just need to know what version of Oracle database will support Windows XP os?

'cause i have tried to load 8i, but it just stops in the setup initializing screen itself.

regards
suriya

[bcarl314]

I ran into this problem here at work, try this...



1) Create a directory on your computer named c:\oracle.

2) Download Personal Oracle 8i from www.oracle.com to your c:\oracle
directory. (You'll need to sign-up as a "member" and verify your not
using this for terrorism purposes and the like.)

3) Unzip the file (nt817personal.zip) to your c:\oracle directory.

4) Navigate to the
c:\oracle\Stage\Components\Oracle.swd.jre\1.1.7.30\1\DataFiles\Expande
d\jre\win32\bin directory.

5) Look for the file "symcjit.dll" and rename it to "temp.old".

6) Log off the network (if your on one).

7) Log on to your workstation only.

8) Navigate to the c:\oracle\Install\Win32 directory

9) Run the "Setup.exe" file.

10) Follow the GUI instructions.

Once the install is done (about 30 minutes) restart your computer.
Oracle will be on your start menu Start -> Programs -> Oracle
OraHome81 -> Application Development -> SQL Plus.

The user name and password are:

UserName = SCOTT
password = tiger

You can leave the host string empty.

Took me a while to get this to work. The 2 big things are renaming the
.dll and making sure you are not logged on to the network.


Hope this helps.