Re: odd behavior on client installation

From: Shakespeare <whatsin_at_xs4all.nl>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:57:30 +0200
Message-ID: <4705fc86$0$226$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>

"EdStevens" <quetico_man_at_yahoo.com> schreef in bericht news:1191511817.357947.19500_at_g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On Oct 3, 1:58 pm, EdStevens <quetico_..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Platform: Oracle 10.2 client on XP-Pro
>
> <snip>
>
> Solution found. Ripping out the \oracle directories and the \oracle
> key from HKLM wasn't enough. There was still an entry for tns_admin
> floating around in the system environment settings, and that was
> pointing to my original instant_client location. Apparently the OUI
> honors that and places the net config files there regardless of where
> ORACLE_HOME is located. And being an environment variable, it took
> precedence over the tns_admin in the registry when I opened a command
> window to run sqlplus.
>
> When I did another un-install, delete oracle directories and registry
> keys, *AND* clean up the system environment (My Computer, Properties)
> the install went exactly as I expected and have always seen it
> before.
>

Right. That's exactly what the TNS_ADMIN environment variable is for...

Shakespeare. Received on Fri Oct 05 2007 - 03:57:30 CDT