Re: ADDRESS_LIST, CONNECT_DATA in OCILogon

From: Rauf Sarwar <rs_arwar_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 12 Jan 2003 16:45:27 -0800
Message-ID: <92eeeff0.0301121645.321a2b2f@posting.google.com>

"DP" <dposey_at_mw-inc.com> wrote in message news:<UBiU9.287$G1.58943_at_news.uswest.net>...
> I am porting an existing application to OCI. I have 200+ client computers.
> Since the existing app already has a way to retrieve settings off another
> server I am looking to bypass tnsnames.ora.
>
> Of course I could just rewrite tnsnames before calling OCILogon, but I was
> hoping to be able to pass a key/value list or similar in the dbname
> parameter. Alternately, can OCILogon use environment variables for this?
>
> DP

Look at usage of TNS_ADMIN environment variable.

Regards
/Rauf Sarwar Received on Sun Jan 12 2003 - 18:45:27 CST