You can loop through the Oracle Homes in the registry. Which home do you want to select? In the registry there is a number of homes. In most of my VB app's I use this as the count that I loop through. Do you need a toggle between the two homes?
>From: "Alex Hillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: How to find current ORACLE_HOME programmatically >Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 08:53:44 -0800 > >Looks like no takers, except one whos great advice was to find it somewhere >in the registry. > >Alex Hillman > >-----Original Message----- >Hillman >Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 7:08 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >Hi, guys. > >I need to find current value of ORACLE_HOME on the client from VB program, >running on that client. I understand that it is in the registry somewhere. >I >have 2 client installations - one is 8.1.7 and another is 9 on the same >client. Apparently EM from 9 installation knows that needed tsnames.ora is >in 9 ORACLE_HOME and 8.1.7 EM knows that tsnames.ora in 8.1.7. >installation. >And my VB program select tsnames.ora from 8.1.7 installation > >Any ideas? > >Alex Hillman > > >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >-- >Author: Alex Hillman > 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). > > >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >-- >Author: Alex Hillman > 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). _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jay Wade 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).
