Re: Exe's pathname thwarts Connection

From: Turkbear <john.g_at_dot.spamfree.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:47:19 -0600
Message-ID: <mm0htvk0ra41buaogo0s4f5r8oq04qfps5@4ax.com>

"Volker Hetzer" <volker.hetzer_at_ieee.org> wrote:

>
>"Matthias Lippmann" <news_at_lippmannsoft.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:br9s0r$vr08$1_at_ID-216511.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> Hello Thorsten,
>>
>> "Thorsten Kettner" wrote
>>
>> > Copy ORANT817\bin\SQLPlusW.exe to another directory, [..]
>> > Rename the directory so that it has a closing parenthesis:
>> > "C:\OraTest)" and start the program again.
>>
>> What reason do you have to move sqlplusw.exe to another
>> directory?
>That problem could also happen if the directory containing oracle
>has a ) somewhere in its path.
>
>Greetings!
>Volker

Most Windows based programs expect 'normal' path names, not odd ones with 'special characters' - Many programs ( especially older ones) even have problems with spaces in the path.

The general advice: follow the OS's standards when naming stuff... Received on Thu Dec 11 2003 - 08:47:19 CST