One thing you can do is in the tnsnames.ora file have an entry that says
ifile=o:\someFolder\tnsnames.ora
That way you can share the tnsnames.ora file with all the Oracle client
installs. Thus if you need to make a change you can make it in one place
and not on 100 machines.
You will still have to install the Oracle client on the individual machines.
Jim
"rocr" <ro_cright_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:o8wJ7.43411$vR4.4803038_at_news20.bellglobal.com...
> Hi gang,
> -- I am trying to setup a client installation on +100 clients machines
> (windows 2000) that will run an application that queries an oracle
database
> loaded on a server(windows 2000 Server Advanced Edition).
> -- I do not want to run separate oracle client installations at each
> machine. I would like to install the client on a shared drive on the
> network and have the users map a drive to it, call it the O:\ drive. (The
> login script will map this drive). I want everyone to share the
> tnsnames.ora and sqlnet.ora files (I do not want to maintain over 100
> versions of these files). I will also have the ORACLE_HOME set by the
login
> script.
> -- Is there anything else that I need to do in order to make this work?
>
> thanx
> rocr
>
>
Received on Sat Nov 17 2001 - 11:15:41 CST
