working on 2 ora db 9i and 10g simultaneously

[foru_1999]

Dear Friends:

Need to know if 2 Oracle databases say 9i and 10g run simultaneously in win 2000.

First I had 9i installed in win 2000. Later I installed 10g in a different Oracle Home. But it has not created services in win 2000 for 10g installation. It has created services for 9i and it works perfectly.

When I install 10g separatly in win 2000 it works fine with services being defined automatically.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards
chandar

[davey23uk]

yes they can live on the same server quite happily.

Did you create a new database for 10g?

[foru_1999]

No, I went for a custom installation of 10g with starter database into a different oracle home.

Thanks.

[davey23uk]

and did it create one?

[foru_1999]

Yes has created the database. (size 898MB)

Thanks.

[davey23uk]

so whats the problem, can you stop and start it?

[foru_1999]

My 10g db does not start automatically. I don't find services meant for 10g in win2000.

Like I had mentioned before I have Oracle 9i db on the same system. That gets started automatically and I am able to work on 9i.

I want to know if I can start 10g db also simultaneously alongwith 9i so that I can connect to either one of them as required.

Hope I am clear.

Thanks.