I am pretty sure this is supposed to reside in /etc. I know that on our HP-UX boxes the tnsnames.ora is in /etc and we use Perl for some database access.
-----Original Message----- From: Sridhar Saragu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 8:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Connecting to Oracle through Perl. Hi, Can somebody tell me where the Perl exactly look for tnsnames.ora while connecting to Oracle ? (like home, oracle_home, tns_admin etc ...). I want to know the order in which it looks & the directories ? Thanks & Regards Sridhar