RE: TNS_ADMIN

  • From: "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 14:14:55 +0000

The separate directory thing does make sense. I have had nothing but grief with 
system environment variables. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: JohnF@xxxxxxxx 
> Sent: 05 March 2004 13:29
> To: JohnF@xxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: TNS_ADMIN
> 
> 
> I was just reading a metalink article yesterday that suggests 
> that you forget
> trying to set TNS_ADMIN in the registry, and set it as an 
> environment variable
> instead.  In my Win2000 system, that means go to control 
> panel, system, choose
> the Advanced tab, press the environment variables button.  
> The article also
> recommends that you create a directory outside of any of your 
> Oracle_Homes and
> put the network configuration files there, with the 
> appropriate setting of
> TNS_ADMIN.  That way, if you reinstall, upgrade, delete, or 
> otherwise hose an
> Oracle Home, your network settings will be unharmed.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Niall Litchfield [mailto:n-litchfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 6:27 AM
> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: TNS_ADMIN
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> It was the latter for 8i. 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jo_holvoet@xxxxxxxx 
> > Sent: 05 March 2004 11:03
> > To: jo_holvoet@xxxxxxxx; oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: TNS_ADMIN
> > 
> > 
> > Unfortunately Oracle is not consistent with this across 
> > products/versions;
> > 
> > IIRC it can be either in HKLM/SOFTWARE/ORACLE or in one of the 
> > HKLM/SOFTWARE/ORACLE/HOMEn
> > 
> > mvg/regards
> > 
> > Jo
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 03/05/2004 11:49
> > Please respond to oracle-l
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> >  
> >         To:     oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >         cc: 
> >         Subject:        TNS_ADMIN
> > 
> > 
> > can some kind soul remind me where this goes in the registry of a 
> > multi-homed windows box?  I swear my memory gets worse every day. 
> >  
> > Niall Litchfield
> > Oracle DBA
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