How do I set Oracle default client?

How do I set Oracle default client?

6.5. 1 Changing the Current Setting for Oracle Home

1. Start the Oracle Universal Installer.
2. Click the Installed Products button.
3. Click the Environment tab at the top of the window.
4. Move the Oracle home directory that you want as your default to the top of the list.
5. Apply the changes, and exit the installer.

How can I tell if Oracle client is 32 bit?

Bring up command line prompt. Cd into the client directory and type in/run TNSPING. This will display client information and should note 64bit or 32bit.

What is difference between ORACLE_HOME and Oracle_base?

Both ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_BASE are the directories which are located in OFA (Oracle Flexible Architecture) from which the ORACLE_BASE is the Home/Root/Top level directory and the ORACLE_HOME is located beneath the ORACLE_BASE directory where the oracle products reside or we can say that ORACLE_HOME is the …

How do I find the base path in Oracle?

Is it a bug or a feature ? Executing $ORACLE_HOME/bin/orabase show the oracle base directory without defined environment variable ORACLE_BASE. This information is stored in $ORACLE_HOME/install/orabasetab during the installation process.

Can you have two Oracle clients on one machine?

I don’t see any reason to have two Oracle Clients on one machine. You can connect with (almost) each Oracle client to (almost) each version of Oracle Server. For sure you should not get any issue with 11g vs. 12c version. The only reason to have two version is to have both 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit (x64) installed.

Is it possible to run two different Oracle databases?

Is it possible to install and run 2 different oracle version (11g and 12c)software and db on same server? is it possible then how we can? and if not then why? Yes, it is possible. Oracle Database supports multiple Oracle homes.

Can a database be installed on more than one home?

Oracle Database supports multiple Oracle homes. You can install this release or previous releases of the software more than once on the same system, in different Oracle home directories. This allows flexibility in deployment and maintenance of the database software.

How often can Oracle OLEDB provider be installed?

Oracle OleDB provider can be installed only once (per architecture). Version of Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET) must match the client version. Using ODBC can be also a challenge. Share Improve this answer