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Re: Multiple Oracle homes on client to support different applications?

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:46:34 -0800
Message-ID: <3E4B232A.A613831F@exesolutions.com>


Ray Porter wrote:

> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3E47DBA7.190CA805_at_exesolutions.com...
> >
> > Set the TNS_ADMIN environment variable. You can find information on it at
> > tahiti.oracle.com.
> >
> > Alternatively ... just make an entry in the tnsnames.ora file it is
> finding.
> >
> > Daniel Morgan
> >
>
> Thanks, Daniel. Putting the entry in the tnsnames.ora file the application
> is actually finding is what the folks in our Data Management Group usually
> do, but wouldn't that just make the application using 9i point to the old 8i
> interfaces? Oracle is relatively new here and our DB people don't really
> know quite how to tweak it yet or exactly how all the pieces fit together.
>
> Thanks,
> Ray Porter

No. Just use different aliases for each database instance.

Daniel Morgan Received on Wed Feb 12 2003 - 22:46:34 CST

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