Check your NET80 registry settings and TNS_ADMIN env variable ( if it is set ). -ahmed rjamya <rjamya@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Have you tried using the options on the TOAD logon screen to use a specific oracle home as toad's default home? stupid question ... I know but I had to ask. Raj On 4/7/06, Shreeni wrote: > > Oh...I tried all of it....7.x to 8.6.0.38. > I doesnt work for me. Could pls let me know if they give any "tips" > > Thanks > Shreeni ---------------------------------------------- Got RAC? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l _____________________________________________ "If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?" --Albert Einstein --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger?s low PC-to-Phone call rates.