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Deinstalling Warehouse Builder Components

This chapter contains instructions for deinstalling Warehouse Builder components.

This chapter includes:

• Deinstall Warehouse Builder Browser Objects

• Deinstall Warehouse Builder Repository Objects

• Deinstall Warehouse Builder Runtime Objects

Overview

You must restart the Oracle Universal Installer to deinstall any or all of the Oracle Warehouse Builder components. If you are deinstalling repositories, make sure to do so before you deinstall the Warehouse Builder Client software.

Note: Always use the Oracle Universal Installer to remove Warehouse Builder from your computer. If you attempt to remove Warehouse Builder by deleting the directories manually, you can impair the operations of the Oracle Universal Installer.

To remove existing Oracle software prior to installing new products:

1. Start the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) from the Oracle Installation Products program group or by inserting an Oracle product installation CD in your computer.

   OUI displays the Welcome page.

2. On the OUI Welcome page, click Installed Products to obtain an inventory of all Oracle products installed on your system.

   The Available Product Components page displays a list of all Oracle products on your system.

3. Select and delete existing Oracle products and their components.

Deinstall Warehouse Builder Browser Objects

To deinstall Warehouse Builder Browser objects:

1. From the Start menu, select Programs, then Oracle Warehouse Builder Browser Assistant.

   The Warehouse Builder Browser Installation Assistant Welcome page displays.

2. Click Next.

   The Choose Operation page displays.

3. Select Deinstall Warehouse Builder Browser Objects.

   Follow the wizard to deinstall the Warehouse Builder Browser objects from your database.

   Figure 5-1 displays the Drop Warehouse Builder Browser wizard steps.

Figure 5-1

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Drop Warehouse Builder Browser Steps

Deinstall Warehouse Builder Repository Objects

To deinstall a Warehouse Builder Repository:

1. From the Start menu, select Warehouse Builder Repository Assistant.

   The Repository Installation Assistant Welcome page displays.

2. Click Next.

   The Choose Operation page displays.

3. Select Drop Existing Repository Objects.

   Follow the wizard to deinstall the Warehouse Builder Repository objects from your database.

   Note: The Warehouse Builder Repository Assistant does not drop user-defined objects from the repository schema.

   Figure 5-2 displays the Drop Warehouse Builder Repository wizard steps.

Figure 5-2

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Drop Repository Wizard Steps

Deinstall Warehouse Builder Runtime Objects

To deinstall Warehouse Builder Runtime Objects:

1. From the Start menu, select Warehouse Builder Runtime Assistant.

   The Runtime Installation Assistant Welcome page displays.

2. Click Next.

   The Choose Operation page displays.

3. Select Drop Existing Runtime Objects.

   Follow the wizard to deinstall the Warehouse Builder Runtime Repository objects from your database.

   Note: The Warehouse Builder Runtime Assistant does not drop user-defined objects from the runtime schema.

   Figure 5-3 displays the Drop Warehouse Builder Runtime wizard steps.

Figure 5-3

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Drop Runtime Wizard Steps