:o) I choose this variable name (CURR_OH) to demonstrate that this is new variable, not the ORALCLE_HOME that you already have in your environment. If you want to use it with the ORACLE_HOME you have to change it(script test.bat) @ECHO OFF set ORACLE_HOME= echo The current ORACLE_HOME is %ORACLE_HOME% :: delims is a TAB followed by a space FOR /F "tokens=3* delims= " %%A IN ('reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\ /v ORACLE_HOME') DO SET ORACLE_HOME=%%A ECHO The NEW Oracle Home is %ORACLE_HOME% D:\Downloads>test The current ORACLE_HOME is The NEW Oracle Home is C:\oracle\ora92 D:\Downloads>sqlplus /nolog SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.7.0 - Production on Wed Oct 12 11:03:16 2005 Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. SQL> Regards, Dimitre ----- Original Message ----- From: Niall Litchfield To: cichomitiko@xxxxxxxxx Cc: Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco ; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 10:55 AM Subject: Re: How do I get a value from the windows registry to set a variable I'm guessing you don't have 10g and 9i installed with 10g as the home. oh.bat is your script. C:\Scripts>oh Oracle home is C:\oracle\ora92 C:\Scripts>sqlplus / SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.4.0 - Production on Wed Oct 12 09:54:16 2005 Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. ERROR: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error Enter user-name: ERROR: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error Enter user-name: ERROR: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error SP2-0157: unable to CONNECT to ORACLE after 3 attempts, exiting SQL*Plus On 10/12/05, Dimitar Radoulov <cichomitiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Works on my PC, may be with copy/paste the delims are changing, try to adjust the value to TAB followed by a space. Regards, Dimitre On 10/11/05, Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco < juancarlosreyesp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Thanks a lot Dimitre, copying and pasting directly from the email don't work precisely, but the solution is there :) On 10/11/05, Radoulov, Dimitre <cichomitiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Excuse me, the correct syntax is with tokens=3*(by using the asterisk we > make sure that not only the third word is used but everything following it > as well) and you have to set %%A (not %%B). > > > @ECHO OFF > :: delims is a TAB followed by a space > FOR /F "tokens=3* delims= " %%A IN ('reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\ /v > ORACLE_HOME') DO SET > CURR_OH=%%A > ECHO Oracle home is %CURR_OH% > > > > > Dimitre Radoulov > > -- Oracle Certified Profesional 9i 10g Orace Certified Professional Developer 6i 8 years of experience in Oracle 7,8i,9i,10g and developer 6i -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com