Jared: Not sure what the real problem is. When names starts, it can start with either an administrative database or use external (dynamic) loading of the tns file. What problems are you having?
Here is a white paper I wrote for configuring this. See if this helps. <<IOUG Paper 103.doc>> <<Presentation103.ppt>> Thank You Stephen P. Karniotis Product Architect Compuware Corporation Direct: (248) 865-4350 Mobile: (248) 408-2918 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.compuware.com -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 4:28 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Oracle Names - Loading tnsnames.ora automatically on Windoze Hey list! Once again I find myself doing far more work than should be necessary to do something on Windoze that is simple on Unix. Here's what I need to do: When the Oracle Names service is started after a reboot, I want it to load tnsnames.ora automatically. This sounds simple enough, but apparently it is not. The executable that runs the names service is NAMES.EXE. This does not seem to have any documented command line parameters. I tried hacking the registry to add a command file as can be done with NAMESCTL.EXE, but NAMES.EXE just ignores it. I *did* create a solution to this, but I really don't like to do it this way. Using Perl ( what else? ) with the Win32::Daemon module, I created a load_tnsnames.pl Perl service. This works, but it really seems like overkill for something that should be so simple. It also means I have to productionize and document it. That's more work than the Perl was. Anyone ever succeeded at doing this? And yes, I know Oracle Names is at the terminal release in 9i, and I don't care. ;) Jared -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the named addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately and then destroy it.
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