Re: WebDB install problems

Thank you for this suggestion. To be sure what you mean, should the LOCAL environment variable be set to the tns alias name or to the path to the tnsnames.ora file?

Also, when I set up the LOCAL variable should I delete the TNS_ADMIN environment variable?

"Leo Van Nieuwenhuyse" <leo.van.nieuwenhuyse_at_pandora.be> wrote:

>Set the LOCAL environment variable (in the registry on NT/as shell variable
>on Unix) to your tnsname.
 

>eg : LOCAL=yourtns
 

>let me know ther results.
>Jim Lewis <pojpl_at_ais.ucla.edu> schreef in berichtnieuws
>8fcau6$emb$1_at_carroll.library.ucla.edu...
>> This just about has driven me insane.
>>
>> I have Oracle 8i 8.1.5 installed on Solaris 2.6 and can administer it
>> via OEM installed on an NT box. So, looks like the install and
>> networking files are fine.
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>> But, my attempt to install WebDB 2.2 fails at the point where it asks
>> for the SYS password and TNS alias for the server. I get a little
>> popup telling me I have entered either an invalid password or an
>> incorrect TNS alias.
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>> I have TNS_ADMIN pointing to the location of the tnsnames.ora file
>> that was created by the original Oracle8i install.
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>> e,g, $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
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>> I am absolutely sure that I am entering the correct password for the
>> SYS account.
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>> I managed to solve this problem in a RedHat Linux install by pointing
>> TNS_ADMIN to the tnsnames.ora file that was in the WebDB install path
>> rather than the one in the $ORACLE_HOME path, but this doesn't work
>> with this Solaris install.
>>
>> Can someone PLEASE help me sort out what dumb thing I'm doing?
>> I have tried everything I can think of, but without any success.
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    Received on Thu May 11 2000 - 00:00:00 CEST