You may find it easier to just run the "Oracle Home Selector" that appears in the Startup->Programs->Oracle Installation Products menu.
It has the benefit of also modifying the PATH variable. Jared On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 07:54, Charu Joshi wrote: > RE: ORA-03115 (TOAD question!!)Hi, > > It worked!! As suggested by Raj, I browsed the TOAD help on SQL*Net > installation and found out this piece of information: > > ** > When Oracle connects, it will look in ALL_HOMES for the "LAST_HOME" value, > which in this case is zero "0". It appends zero to "HOME" to produce > "HOME0", then it looks in HKLM\Software\ORACLE\HOME0 for the ORACLE_HOME > value. > ** > > I modified the LAST_HOME key to point to the 8i HOME and restarted TOAD and > was able to query CLOBs successfully. > > Thanks a lot!! > > Best wishes, > Charu > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Jamadagni, Rajendra > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 8:21 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: ORA-03115 (TOAD question!!) > > > It is a TOAD question .... you need to read the sqlnet setup section from > help file. It is pretty detailed and will help you resolve the problem. > > Raj > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com > All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. > QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art ! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charu Joshi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 11:20 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: ORA-03115 (TOAD question!!) > > > > Hi, > > I have Oracle 8i Enterprise Server, Oracle 9i Enterprise Server > and Oracle 7.3.4 client on my NT4 machine. When I connect to > remote/local databases through TOAD 6.5 (which supports LOBs) and > try to fetch a CLOB value I get the 'ORA-03115: Unsupported > network datatype or representation'. > > I think that this error is due to the limitation of CLOBs in > SQL*Net 2.3 which comes with 7.3.4 client. However, I have set the > default home to ORA_8i_HOME(which has Net8) using the 'Home > Selector' utility. Also, TOAD is reading the TNSNames.Ora file > from this home, so should be using Net8 rather than SQL*Net. I > have Googled and searched Metalink, but got no clearcut reply. Can > you please suggest any way to rectify it? > > Thanks & regards, > Charu. > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Charu Joshi > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
