Re: how do you find oracle home on windows

set oracle_home works on my pc. (Windows 2000).

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"jim mcnamara" <jmcnamar_at_swcp.com> wrote in message
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> At the DOS prompt "SET" shows the environment variables, usually not


> "SET whatever", as this causes a syntax error

>

> Programmatically (VB example)

> -----------

> Private Declare Function GetEnvironmentVariable Lib "kernel32" Alias

> "GetEnvironmentVariableA" (ByVal lpName As String, ByVal lpBuffer As

> String, ByVal nSize As Long) As Long

>

> Function GetEnvironmentVar(sName As String) As String

>     GetEnvironmentVar = String(255, 0)

>     GetEnvironmentVariable sName, GetEnvironmentVar,

> Len(GetEnvironmentVar)

>     If InStr(1, GetEnvironmentVar, Chr$(0)) > 0 Then GetEnvironmentVar

> = Left$(GetEnvironmentVar, InStr(1, GetEnvironmentVar, Chr$(0)) - 1)

>     GetEnvironmentVar = sName + ": " + GetEnvironmentVar

> End Function

>

> Private Sub Show_oracle_home()

>     Me.AutoRedraw = True

>     Me.Print GetEnvironmentVar("ORACLE_HOME")

> End Sub

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> jim mcnamara

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> "Steve Rainbird" <steve.rainbird_at_nospam.mssint.com> wrote in message

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> > On Unix "echo $ORACLE_HOME"

> > On Windows "set ORACLE_HOME"


> >

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> > > I might be a very easy question, but not for me who only works with

unix


> >  until now.


> > >

> > > At unix, we can use env | grep ORA

> > >

> > > but what is the equivalent on Windows?

> > >

> > > Thanks for your help.

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