I've actually had better luck setting it as a (system) environment variable rather than in the registry. Depends what software you are using to (eg OEM 2.0.4 did not work with the environment variable). Regards, Bruce -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, 31 May 2001 5:07 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L versions of tnsnames.ora in NT/W2K] It is a good point that it's a string, I actually knew that, but it still doesn't explain why i can't get it to work. Not that it's that big of a deal. I'll try again, no harm in that. Kev -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:36 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L versions of tnsnames.ora in NT/W2K] If under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE you have one or multiple folders, like: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE/HOME0 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE/HOME1 ..... then you have to create TNS_ADMIN string value (not key) in each of those folders pointing to your master tnsnames.ora file. Works for me. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA Perceptron, Inc. (734)414-4627 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:56 AM versions of tnsnames.ora in NT/W2K] > On NT 4 with Developer 6i and Oracle 816/817 I have never been able to get > Oracle db to work off of the tns_admin key. Only forms would work off of > the tns_admin, and without that key forms would not connect to the dbs. > Just thought I would mention that. > Kev > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 7:16 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > versions of tnsnames.ora in NT/W2K] > > > You CAN actually set the TNS_ADMIN variable in the registry under > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE/ - It may not be there at first, all you > need to do is create a new "key" called TNS_ADMIN with a value of the path > to your master tnsnames.ora file. > > HTH > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > Granaman > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 09:45 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > versions of tnsnames.ora in NT/W2K] > > > In Unix, one can create links to a master by "$ ls -s <some master > tnsnames.ora> <some other location/file>". > (I know, I could, and probably should, use the TNS_ADMIN environmental > variable instead.) > > There seems to be no equivalent of this in NT though. Creating a "shortcut" > doesn't seem to work. Copying files around seems primitive at best. Am I > missing something? [OK, OK! I'll reform and use the environmental > variable!] > > -Don Granaman > [certifiable OraSaurus] > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 2:01 PM > > > > Dave, > > > > It seems to me that you are having a problem reading the proper > TNSNAMES.ORA for > > > > the different DBs. What I would do in your situation is to search for all > > TNSNAMES.ORA files in your PC, since you have products installed in more > than > > one home and more than one version you should have multiple. Edit them > and see > > which ones contain the entries that you need, in one or more of them some > > entries will be missing, what you can do is copy/paste the missing > entries, once > > > > you have the file you want then copy it to all the different "Homes" and > you > > should be able to connect to the different DB's. > [... snip ...] > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Don Granaman > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). 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