I’ve had my first play with 11gR2 today:
Nothing too unpredictable really.
I guess the most noticeable change is the new installer. I didn’t have an issue with the old installer, but a few friends from the Microsoft world had pointed out how dated it looked. The new is much cleaner, and although it will take some getting used to, I think it is a step in the right direction.
I’ve decided that I’m only going to do 64-bit installations from now on. I see little point doing the 32-bit installations, as I hope I will never work on one again. π
Cheers
Tim…
thank you.
good play … 11gR2
Hello Tim,
I’m sure you also noticed that 11gR2 64-bits came without lib32 folder and 32-bits libraries, whereas previous version/release did.
It could be some serious issue with 32-bits application running against a 64-bits client on a 64-bits OS… till now, that was not a problem because of that lib32 directory existed.
However, I did not find anything about that, do you have some link to share, or did I miss something ?
Hi.
Sorry, no insight on this. This was literally my first play with 11gR2 so at this time I know nothing about it other than how to install it on OEL5. π
Cheers
Tim…
Thank you Tim…
Here is the explanation :
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/install.112/e10841/install_overview.htm#BABFICCG
All the best,
Nicolas.
Wow… Not only a new installer, but also a new deinstaller by the looks of things.
The mind boggles as to why that would have to be a ~120MB download !
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/oracle11g/112010_linx8664soft.html