On Saturday 28 February 2004 11:02 am, Matt Alexander wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Matt Alexander wrote:
>
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Mike wrote:
> > Why, why, why do they all have to make life difficult to install, config,
> > and run an APPLICATION?
> > Before I blow a gasket, if anyone out there knows how to get Oracle 9i
> > client running and SQL+ configured with tnsnames please contact me.... I
> > am losing hair! This is so simple to do in a win environment, why must we
> > keep it complicated?
>
> I've got an easy solution for you that I just figured out.  :-D  Download
> and install the following two RPMs for the 10g Instant Client:
>
> oracle-instantclient-basic-10.1.0.2-1.i386.rpm
> oracle-instantclient-sqlplus-10.1.0.2-1.i386.rpm
>
> Next, copy your tnsnames.ora somewhere.  Here's where I put mine:
>
> /usr/lib/oracle/10.1.0.2/network/admin/tnsnames.ora

I got this far! I searched all night for this file, and never found it... 
Thanks for the tip!!!!
>
> You'll need to create the network/admin directories because they're not
> created by default with the RPM installation.
>
> Next, set TNS_ADMIN in your .bash_profile so sqlplus can find your
> tnsnames.ora:

To do this I need to  know where or how to modify the profile. I need to know 
either the path to .bash_profile or am I modifying it frrom the command line 
in a terminal, using vi ?
I am able to start splplus now, it just doesn't know where to connect to!
>
> export TNS_ADMIN=/usr/lib/oracle/10.1.0.2/network/admin
>
> Now you can run sqlplus.  :-)
> Let me know if you encounter any further problems.
> ~M
>
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