RE: multiple versions of SQLPlus.exe [now evolved to: multiple versions of tnsnames.ora in NT/W2K]

On NT 4 with Developer 6i and Oracle 816/817 I have never been able to get Oracle db to work off of the tns_admin key. Only forms would work off of the tns_admin, and without that key forms would not connect to the dbs. Just thought I would mention that.
Kev

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 7:16 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L versions of tnsnames.ora in NT/W2K]

You CAN actually set the TNS_ADMIN variable in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE/ - It may not be there at first, all you need to do is create a new "key" called TNS_ADMIN with a value of the path to your master tnsnames.ora file.

HTH Mark

-----Original Message-----
Granaman
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 09:45
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L versions of tnsnames.ora in NT/W2K]

In Unix, one can create links to a master by "$ ls -s <some master tnsnames.ora> <some other location/file>". (I know, I could, and probably should, use the TNS_ADMIN environmental variable instead.)

There seems to be no equivalent of this in NT though. Creating a "shortcut" doesn't seem to work. Copying files around seems primitive at best. Am I missing something? [OK, OK! I'll reform and use the environmental variable!]

-Don Granaman
[certifiable OraSaurus]

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 2:01 PM

> Dave,
>
> It seems to me that you are having a problem reading the proper
TNSNAMES.ORA for
>
> the different DBs. What I would do in your situation is to search for all
> TNSNAMES.ORA files in your PC, since you have products installed in more
than
> one home and more than one version you should have multiple. Edit them
and see
> which ones contain the entries that you need, in one or more of them some
> entries will be missing, what you can do is copy/paste the missing
entries, once
>
> you have the file you want then copy it to all the different "Homes" and
you
> should be able to connect to the different DB's.
[... snip ...]

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