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Ed,
"Ed Stevens" <nospam_at_noway.nohow> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 08:56:48 -0000, "Andrew Hardy"
> <spam.from.news_at_AdvanticaTech.com> wrote:
>
> ><mdeglin_at_partner.auchan.fr> wrote in message
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> >
> >>I know the tnsname.ora path could be forced when modifying the registry
> >.... but I don't know what is the exact modification !
> >>Can anybody help me ?
> >
> >Easiest way is to have a TNS_ADMIN in your environment settings (set to
the
> >directory containing your tnsnames.ora), no messing about with the
registry.
> >
> >Andy
> >
>
> Conversly, one could say 'Easiest way is to have TNS_ADMIN (set to the
> directory containing your tnsnames.ora) in your registry
> (HKLM\software\oracle), no messing arbout with the environment
> settings.
>
> I don't know what the pros and cons are of using the environment
> setting vs. the registry in this case. But I don't see it as an ease
> of use issue, as implied by 'no messing about with . . .'
> Comment not meant as a flame, just an observation.
Understood!
I think that the general public are a little wary of editing in the registry and are warned away from it by Microsoft and other software providers - it is pretty easy to kill your system.
In my case, the company policy is to lock the registry editing tools away from the users.
Andy Received on Wed Feb 26 2003 - 03:11:35 CST