Re: multiple versions of SQLPlus.exe [now evolved to: multiple versions of tnsnames.ora in NT/W2K]

If under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE you have one or multiple folders, like:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE/HOME0 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE/HOME1 ....

then you have to create TNS_ADMIN string value (not key) in each of those folders pointing to your master tnsnames.ora file.

Works for me.

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
Perceptron, Inc.
(734)414-4627
ineyman_at_perceptron.com

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:56 AM versions of tnsnames.ora in NT/W2K]

> On NT 4 with Developer 6i and Oracle 816/817 I have never been able to get
> Oracle db to work off of the tns_admin key. Only forms would work off of
> the tns_admin, and without that key forms would not connect to the dbs.
> Just thought I would mention that.
> Kev
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 7:16 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> versions of tnsnames.ora in NT/W2K]
>
>
> You CAN actually set the TNS_ADMIN variable in the registry under
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE/ - It may not be there at first, all
you
> need to do is create a new "key" called TNS_ADMIN with a value of the path
> to your master tnsnames.ora file.
>
> HTH
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Granaman
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 09:45
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> versions of tnsnames.ora in NT/W2K]
>
>
> In Unix, one can create links to a master by "$ ls -s <some master
> tnsnames.ora> <some other location/file>".
> (I know, I could, and probably should, use the TNS_ADMIN environmental
> variable instead.)
>
> There seems to be no equivalent of this in NT though. Creating a
"shortcut"
> doesn't seem to work. Copying files around seems primitive at best. Am I
> missing something? [OK, OK! I'll reform and use the environmental
> variable!]
>
> -Don Granaman
> [certifiable OraSaurus]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 2:01 PM
>
>
> > Dave,
> >
> > It seems to me that you are having a problem reading the proper
> TNSNAMES.ORA for
> >
> > the different DBs. What I would do in your situation is to search for
all
> > TNSNAMES.ORA files in your PC, since you have products installed in more
> than
> > one home and more than one version you should have multiple. Edit them
> and see
> > which ones contain the entries that you need, in one or more of them
some
> > entries will be missing, what you can do is copy/paste the missing
> entries, once
> >
> > you have the file you want then copy it to all the different "Homes" and
> you
> > should be able to connect to the different DB's.
> [... snip ...]
>
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