The separate directory thing does make sense. I have had nothing but grief with system environment variables.
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: JohnF@(protected)
> Sent: 05 March 2004 13:29
> To: JohnF@(protected); oracle-l@(protected)
> Subject: RE: TNS_ADMIN
>
>
> I was just reading a metalink article yesterday that suggests
> that you forget
> trying to set TNS_ADMIN in the registry, and set it as an
> environment variable
> instead. In my Win2000 system, that means go to control
> panel, system, choose
> the Advanced tab, press the environment variables button.
> The article also
> recommends that you create a directory outside of any of your
> Oracle_Homes and
> put the network configuration files there, with the
> appropriate setting of
> TNS_ADMIN. That way, if you reinstall, upgrade, delete, or
> otherwise hose an
> Oracle Home, your network settings will be unharmed.
>
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: Niall Litchfield [mailto:n-litchfield@(protected)]
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 6:27 AM
> To: oracle-l@(protected)
> Subject: RE: TNS_ADMIN
>
>
> Cheers
>
> It was the latter for 8i.
>
> > -- --Original Message-- --
> > From: jo_holvoet@(protected)
> > Sent: 05 March 2004 11:03
> > To: jo_holvoet@(protected); oracle-l-bounce@(protected)
> > Cc: oracle-l@(protected)
> > Subject: Re: TNS_ADMIN
> >
> >
> > Unfortunately Oracle is not consistent with this across
> > products/versions;
> >
> > IIRC it can be either in HKLM/SOFTWARE/ORACLE or in one of the
> > HKLM/SOFTWARE/ORACLE/HOMEn
> >
> > mvg/regards
> >
> > Jo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield@(protected) >
> > Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@(protected)
> > 03/05/2004 11:49
> > Please respond to oracle-l
> >
> >
> > To: oracle-l@(protected)
> > cc:
> > Subject: TNS_ADMIN
> >
> >
> > can some kind soul remind me where this goes in the registry of a
> > multi-homed windows box? I swear my memory gets worse every day.
> >
> > Niall Litchfield
> > Oracle DBA
> > Audit Commission
> > +44 117 975 7805
> >
> >
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