Try telling it very nicely. :) Try looking in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE. You can change the home location of the appropriate instance (HOME0, HOME1, etc.) there. Change it in the main Oracle directory then in the individual HOME(n) folder. I hope this helps.
============================================================================================================ Reginald W. Bailey IBM Global Services - ETS SW GDSD - Database Management Your Friendly Neighborhood DBA 713-216-7703 (Office) 281-798-5474 (Mobile) 713-415-5410 (Pager) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================================================================================================ [EMAIL PROTECTED] EMS.NL To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Upgrade 8.1.7.3.0 to 8.1.7.4.1 on W2K ity.com 07/01/2003 10:55 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L Hi All, We have a test machine with both the 81730 and 81741 software in their own oracle homes. We now want to move a database from the 81730 home to 81741 I know I have to run the catalog.sql, catproc.sql from the new home etc... But how do I tell the registry that the database moved homes?? TiA Jacob A. van Zanen Oracle DBA Quant Systems Europe b.v. Tel : +31 (0) 251 - 268 268 Mobile: +31 (0) 6 51308813 Fax: +31 (0) 251 - 268 269 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit our web site at http://www.quantsystems.nl/ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).