"Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
news:3D25BCB9.DB10DD27_at_exesolutions.com...
> Uday Joshi wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have installed Oracle 8i client to access database.
> > Which was working fine till I installed oracle forms 6i to connect
> > some other existing Oracle database.
> >
> > After installation of forms 6i, nothing works.
> >
> > Both Oracle 8i client and forms 6i sqlnet assistant give "Memory
> > Access" error.
> >
> > Does any one have experienced this problem before ?
> >
> > I am using Pentium 4 PC, 256 MB RAM, win 2000
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Uday
>
> Several possibilities. One relates to the fact that you have a Pentium
> 4. There are workarounds for that at the major Oracle web sites. But
> more likely it is a question of configuration of ORACLE_HOME and
> ORACLE_SID. Oracle's advice is that IDS products such as Forms 6i be
> installed first and the database or client second. If you are
> comfortable in the registry change the default Oracle home to point to
> the client product installation (or use the Oracle utility for
selecting
> Oracle home that is on your machine). Also you will find that you have
> multiple copies of TNSNAMES.ORA. The correct information must be in
all
> of them (not the ones in the sample directories) or you must set up an
> environment variable to point to the correct file. I would suggest
that
> you go to http://tahiti.oracle.com and search for "multiple homes".
>
> Daniel Morgan
Hint: To force Oracle Database tools and Oracle Forms to point on the
same TNSNAMES.ORA file search for "TNS_ADMIN" registry key in Oracle
docs.
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Stjepan Brbot
Received on Sat Jul 06 2002 - 12:44:25 CDT
