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