Oracle-L: RE: Location of tnsnames.ora on client

From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:03:36 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00496D8C.20020712130336@fatcity.com>

Okay, it turns out that if a tnsnames.ora file has entries like

mysystem.lifetouch.com,

On a Win95 system you can enter "mysystem" and it works. On a W2K system, if you enter "mysystem" you receive ORA-12154 could not resolve service name. Instead you must enter "mysystem.lifetouch.com".

Very irritating on Friday afternoon.

Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 3:29 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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RE: Location of tnsnames.ora on client - SOLVED