Re: TNSNAMES.ORA placment ??

I remember reading that on UNIX systems, the default location is /etc, but on PCs (clients) it is $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin. Will try to find that documentation to verify. You can always change as BRAJB described below.

BRAJB <brajb_at_aol.com> wrote in article
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> The normal location is in $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin but you can put it
> anywhere you like with the TNS_ADMIN pointing to it. It is my
> understanding the search scenario goes first to /etc. If it is not
 there,
> it searches the $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin. If not there it searches the
> value of the TNS_ADMIN directory. The variable must be placed in each
> users .profile or .cshrc file. I would venture a guess that it could be
> placed in the /etc/profile (system wide) and would be applicable to every
> user that logs in (if you want this).
>
Received on Fri Aug 08 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT