Check the enviroment settings for the user your account
your running as it may be pointing you to the wrong libraries the quick clients
main purpose is to give connectivity when you dont have any other oracle clients
installed.
From: "Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)" <[email protected]> [mailto:"Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)" <[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Rick Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 6 February 2007 3:59 AM
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Subject: Re: Problems connecting to Oracle following 10g client install...
new 10g \Network\Admin folder, but am still getting the same error.
tnsping shows the correct use of sqlnet.ora and tnsnames.ora, so that
looks good.
Not sure what to try next.
rp
On Feb 5, 12:13 pm, "Grooms, Frederick W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Usually each client has it's own tnsnames.ora file. Check the
> copy the 9i one into the 10g folder.
>
> Fred
>
>
>
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> Subject: Problems connecting to Oracle following 10g client install...
>
> Hello all,
>
> Windows 2000 AS
> Ora 9i
> ARS 5.1.2 upgraded to 7.0.1
>
> I installed the 10g client, but am unable to start arserver following
> the 7.0.1 upgrade. Found no errors in the install log, but found the
> following in the arerror.log
>
> Mon Feb 05 11:13:38 2007 ORA-06401: NETCMN: invalid driver
> designator
>
> Mon Feb 05 11:13:38 2007 390600 : Cannot initialize contact with SQL
> database (ARERR 551)
>
> Mon Feb 05 11:13:38 2007 Stop server
>
> Mon Feb 05 11:13:38 2007 390600 : AR System server terminated -- fatal
> error encountered (ARNOTE 21)
>
> I can connect via SQL Plus as ARAdmin.
>
> I have my old 9i client installed, and tnsnames.ora is in the 9i path.
> Was the 10g client installation supposed to create a new or modify the
> old tnsnames.ora file?
>
> Tia,
>
> Rick
>
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