Re: Exe's pathname thwarts Connection

"Turkbear" <john.g_at_dot.spamfree.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:mm0htvk0ra41buaogo0s4f5r8oq04qfps5_at_4ax.com...
> "Volker Hetzer" <volker.hetzer_at_ieee.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Matthias Lippmann" <news_at_lippmannsoft.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:br9s0r$vr08$1_at_ID-216511.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >> Hello Thorsten,
> >>
> >> "Thorsten Kettner" wrote
> >>
> >> > Copy ORANT817\bin\SQLPlusW.exe to another directory, [..]
> >> > Rename the directory so that it has a closing parenthesis:
> >> > "C:\OraTest)" and start the program again.
> >>
> >> What reason do you have to move sqlplusw.exe to another
> >> directory?
> >That problem could also happen if the directory containing oracle
> >has a ) somewhere in its path.
> >
> >Greetings!
> >Volker
>
> Most Windows based programs expect 'normal' path names, not odd ones with 'special characters' -
> Many programs ( especially older ones) even have problems with spaces in the path.
>
> The general advice: follow the OS's standards when naming stuff...
I disagree. The OS lets you name your directory any way you want. The advice for programmers: read the docs.

Greetings!
Volker Received on Thu Dec 11 2003 - 09:24:59 CST