LD_LIBRARY_PATH definitely! ----------------- Ron Reidy Lead DBA Array BioPharma, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of DENNIS WILLIAMS Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 10:41 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: UNIX_PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH The proliferation of Oracle patchsets has me experimenting with multiple Oracle installations on the same Solaris server. I recently went through some weird problems in creating a database under this arrangement. It = turns out that the environment variables LD_LIBRARY_PATH and UNIX_PATH were = set but not set correctly. This got me thinking, do I even need to set these variables? =20 Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l This electronic message transmission is a PRIVATE communication which = contains information which may be confidential or privileged. The information is = intended=20 to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are = not the=20 intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, = distribution=20 or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please notify = the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, or notify us = by telephone (877-633-2436, ext. 0), and then delete it from your system. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l