RE: Location of tnsnames.ora on client

From: Eberhard, Jeff <Jeff.Eberhard_at_Rolls-RoyceGS.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:00:44 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00496D58.20020712130044@fatcity.com>

If the tnsnames.ora file isn't in the default location it needs to specified using the TNS_ADMIN environment variable. Had a problem once where a software vendor decided they needed to use their own tnsnames.ora file and created the TNS_ADMIN environment variable set to their file. Of course their tnsnames.ora only including their database and none of the other databases for our other applications.

HTH
--Jeff

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Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 2:29 PM
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On a Windows client installation, does anyone know what controls the location of tnsnames.ora? Is it some registry variable? We have a Windows install that can't seem to find its tnsnames.ora. Thanks.

Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
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