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>well the thing is, he wasn't looking for TNS_ADMIN since that just
>re-sets the directory Oracle looks at but wanted something that worked
>more like how login.sql works -- where if you have the file in your
>local working directory, it is used and overrides any other file.
>
>In Unix, if you have a .tnsnames.ora file (please note the initial ".")
>in your own personal $HOME directory) it will override the values in
>the $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora or the
>$TNS_ADMIN/tnsnames.ora file
>
>THAT is what Joe wanted for Windows. It ain't in the flaming manuals.
>
and this is a surprise how?;-) you didn't think they'd put anything
actually practical in there did you?;-)
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