I’ve installed the BPEL Process Manager into my local AS (10g R2). The installation is rather straightforward, with the exception of one thing. Why for the love of {some divine being} do I need to run several SQL scripts before I can do the installation? The installation is quite sophisticated, and it even checks whether your did run the SQL scripts. If the installer detects when they were not run, why not present the option to run them now? How difficult can that be?
Of course, large companies have seperate DBA’s, but if I’m going to install the BPELPM into my AS (absolutely no pun intended), and I have several passwords of privileged users (you have to specify them when you run the scripts), why not ask for them in the “real” installation. No, we always have a “Pre Installation Tasks” section in our Installation Guide, so we cannot leave that blank. That’s the ONLY reason I can think of. And yes, I did my share of DBA work, know how to install and maintain the AS, and now want to play around with BPEL.
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OUI script writers SUCK.
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