Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Oracle Locator Express

If you do much work with the Oracle database on Windows, and you have 1+N Oracle homes installed, you've probably lamented the fact that the Oracle Home Switcher is no longer included with Oracle.

I can't recall exactly what the tool was called or which version Oracle was at when it ceased to be a part of the installation. I do know that it doesn't work with 10g+.

A little tool called Oracle Locater Express fills this niche nicely, and it does work with 10g. Sorry, have not yet tried it with 11g.

"Oracle Locator Express"


I've used it for several months without issue, save one minor glitch.

Sometimes Oracle 10g Homes are not displayed properly in the list of Oracle Homes to choose from. Other than that, no complaints

3 comments:

Niall said...

Hi Jared

It went in 10g, when the registry formats changed. The 'official' method of doing this is to fire up OUI - Click the Installed Products button and then choose the environment tab - locator express is likely quicker!

Niall said...

oh yes and the tool was called "Oracle Home Selector"

Jared said...

Thanks Niall.
Firing up OUI to swap Oracle Homes would be a bit much.