Re: how can I tell Oracle 9i to look on a network share for the tnsnames.ora file?

david_pierce_at_vmed.org (Celler Dweller) wrote in message news:<eefa08b9.0404090956.626ef52a_at_posting.google.com>...
> I have been asked to centralize the management of the TNSNAMES.ORA
> file. I read in another post that I could create a shortcut from my
> %ora home\network\ADMIN dir called tnsnames.ora and have it point to a
> real tnsnames.ora file on a network share. In the windows world a
> shortcut has an .lnk extension so I don't think this will work. I
> tested it quick and it failed. How can I tell Oracle 9i to look on a
> network share for the tnsnames.ora file?
> WIN2k clients
> Unix Database Server

http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/win.920/a95490/orahome.htm#1006154

jg

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