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Before You Begin

Prerequisites

Intended Audience

How This Guide Is Organized

Documentation and Code Conventions

1 Oracle8i Differences among Windows 98, Windows NT and UNIX

2 Database Tools Overview

Choosing a Database Tool

Database Tools and Operating System Compatibility

Preferred Database Tools

Starting Database Tools

Starting Database Tools in Multiple Oracle Homes

Starting Tools from Release 8.0.4 and later 8.0.x Multiple Oracle Homes

Starting Tools from Release 8.1.6 Personal Edition for Windows 98 Multiple Oracle Homes

Starting Database Tools

Starting Oracle Utilities from the Command Line

Starting Windows 98 Tools

Using SQL*Loader

Windows 98 Processing Options

Direct Path Option

Control File Conventions

Using Windows 98 Tools

Registry

What Database Parameters Are Configured?

3 Multiple Oracle Homes and Optimal Flexible Architecture

Introduction to Multiple Oracle Homes and OFA

Multiple Oracle Homes Overview

What Is an Oracle Home?

Benefits of Using Multiple Oracle Homes

Multiple Oracle Home Functionality in Different Releases

One-Listener Support of Multiple Oracle Homes

Multiple Oracle Home Environments

Release 8.0.4 and later 8.0.x Oracle Home Environments

Release 8.1 Oracle Home Environment

Which Products Are Multiple Oracle Home-Enabled?

Products Supporting Multiple Oracle Homes

Products Supporting a Single Oracle Home

Products Not Supporting Multiple Oracle Homes

Products Not Associated with an Oracle Home

Changing the Value of PATH

Using Oracle Home Selector

At the System Level

At the MS-DOS Command Prompt

Exiting Oracle Universal Installer After Entering Name and PATH

Setting Variables in the Environment or the Registry

ORACLE_HOME

Consequences of Setting ORACLE_HOME

TNS_ADMIN

Optimal Flexible Architecture Overview

Benefits of an OFA-Compliant Database

Characteristics of an OFA-Compliant Database

Differences Between Directory Trees by Release

Directory Tree of a Sample OFA-Compliant Database

OFA Directory Naming Conventions

ORACLE_BASE Directory

ORACLE_HOME Directory

ADMIN Directory

ORADATA Directory

DB_NAME Directory

OFA and Multiple Oracle Home Configurations

Specifying an ORACLE_HOME Directory

Default OFA Database

Non-Default OFA Database, Case 1

Non-Default OFA Database, Case 2

4 Installing, Migrating, and Upgrading Databases

Intended Audience

What to Do with Previous Oracle Database Releases

Multiple Oracle Homes Overview

Migrating, Upgrading, and Downgrading Overview

What Is Migrating?

What Is Upgrading?

What Is Downgrading?

Migrating and Upgrading Using Multiple Oracle Homes

Checklist of Database Release Numbers

Export/Import Overview

Version 8 and Version 7 Client/Server Configurations

Oracle7 Database Applications

Different Client and Database Release Considerations

Oracle8i Client Release 8.1 to Oracle8i Database Release 8.1

Oracle8 Client Release 8.0/Oracle7 Client to Oracle8i Database Release 8.1

Oracle8i Client Release 8.1 to Oracle8 Release 8.0/Oracle7 Databases

Multi-Versioning

Migrate an Oracle7 Database to an Oracle8i Database

Upgrade an Oracle8 Database to the Current Oracle8i Database Release

Migrating an Oracle7 Database to Oracle8i

Ten Issues That Can Affect Oracle7 to Oracle8i Migration

Installing Appropriate Versions of SQL*Net

Migrating Using Oracle Data Migration Assistant

What to do Before Using Oracle Data Migration Assistant

Migrating Using MIG

Step 1: What To Do Before Using MIG

Step 2: Shut Down the Oracle7 Database

Step 3: Back Up the Oracle7 Database

Step 4: Install MIG from CD-ROM

Step 5: Run MIG

Step 6: Create Oracle8i Database Files

Step 7: Remove Oracle7 Software (Optional)

Upgrading an Oracle8 Database Release 8.0.x to 8.1.6

Upgrading Using Oracle Data Migration Assistant

Upgrading Using SQL Scripts

Step 1: Shut Down the Release 8.0.x Database

Step 2: Back Up the Release 8.0.x Database

Step 3: Edit the COMPATIBLE Parameter in the 8.0.x INITSID.ORA File

Step 4: Install Oracle8i Personal Edition Release 8.1.6

Step 5: Run the SQL Scripts

Migration Issues for Net8 and SQL*Net

Location of Network Configuration Files

Listener Configuration

Changing LISTENER.ORA for Migrated Databases

Changes in Handling of TCP/IP Listening Address

Disabling Native Authentication

Installing Appropriate Versions of SQL*Net

Moving Database Files to an OFA-Compliant Directory

Post-Migration Tasks

5 Post-Installation Configuration Tasks

Configuring Oracle 8i Navigator

Step 1: Create a PO8 User Account

Step 2: Changing the User Password

Step 3: Enable Two-Phase Commit

Step 4: Configure a Database Connection

Step 5: Create a Project

6 Post-Installation Database Creation

Before You Create a Database

Naming Conventions for Oracle Databases

Creating a Database Using Tools

Using Oracle Database Configuration Assistant

Create a Database

Delete a Database

Using BUILD_DB.SQL

How to Create a Database

Creating Directories

Exporting an Existing Database

Deleting Database Files

Modifying the INIT.ORA File

Creating and Starting an Oracle Instance

Putting the CREATE DATABASE Statement in a Script

Creating a Database

Importing a Database

Updating the ORACLE_SID in the Registry

Backing Up the New Database

7 Administering a Database

Starting and Shutting Down a Database with SQL*Plus

Starting and Shutting Down a Database Using OSTART and OSTOP

Running Multiple Instances

Creating Password Files

Viewing Password Files

Deleting Password Files

Connecting as INTERNAL with a Password File

Changing the INTERNAL Password

Encrypting Database Passwords

Archiving Redo Log Files

Step 1: Change the Archive Mode to ARCHIVELOG

Step 2: Enable Automatic Archiving

Using the ORADEBUG Utility

8 Monitoring a Database

Database Monitoring Overview

Using Trace and Alert Files

9 Backing Up and Recovering Database Files

Selecting a Backup and Recovery Tool

Backing Up Files with OCOPY

Recovering Files with OCOPY

10 Developing Applications

Finding Information on Application Development for Windows 98

Building External Routines

External Routines Overview

Step 1: Installing and Configuring

Installing the Oracle8i database

Configuring Net8

Step 2: Writing an External Routine

Step 3: Building a DLL

Step 4: Registering an External Routine

Step 5: Executing an External Routine

Accessing Web Data with Intercartridge Exchange

Configuring Intercartridge Exchange

Using Intercartridge Exchange

Packaged Function UTL_HTTP.REQUEST

Packaged Function UTL_HTTP.REQUEST_PIECES

UTL_HTTP Exception Conditions

Exception Conditions and Error Messages

Troubleshooting

A Directory Structures

Oracle8i Personal Edition Directory Structure

ORACLE_HOME

ADMIN

Filename Extensions

B Oracle8i Database Specifications for Windows 98

Initialization Parameter File (INIT.ORA) Overview

Location of the Initialization Parameter File

Editing the Initialization Parameter File

Sample File

Initialization Parameters Without Windows 98-Specific Values

Displaying Initialization Parameter Values

Database Initialization Parameters

Calculating Database Limits

C Oracle8i Configuration Parameters and the Registry

About Configuration Parameters

Registry Overview

Registry Parameters

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\HOMEID

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\ALL_HOMES

IDx

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\ALL_HOMES Parameters

Modifying a Registry Value with REGEDIT

Adding a Registry Parameter with REGEDIT

Adding or Modifying Initialization File Parameters and Registry Parameters with Oracle8i Navigatior's "Parameter Configurer"

Introducing Database Parameter Configuration Assistant

Introduction to Manipulating Database Initialization Parameters

Opening a window to manipulate database initialization files

Creating a new initialization file

To open an already existing parameter file

To add a parameter

Deleting a Parameter

Modifying a Parameter Value

Saving the parameters

Introduction to Manipulating Oracle8i Configuration Parameters

Opening a window to manipulate configuration parameters

Modifying a parameter value

Deleting a particular parameter

D Net8 Configuration

Unsupported Net8 Features

Understanding Net8 Registry Parameter and Subkeys

Net8 Parameters

Listener Requirements

Understanding Optional Configuration Parameters

LOCAL

TNS_ADMIN

USE_SHARED_SOCKET

Net8 Port Numbers

E Error Messages

Logging Error Messages

Codes 04000-04999: Windows 98/NT-Specific Oracle Messages

File I/O Errors: OSD-04000 to OSD-04099

Memory Errors: OSD-04100 to OSD-04199

Process Errors: OSD-04200 to OSD-04299

Loader Errors: OSD-04300 to OSD-04399

Semaphore Errors: OSD-04400 to OSD-04499

Miscellaneous Errors: OSD-04500 to OSD-04599

Database Connection Issues

Glossary

Index