Should be Oracle database bin path in PATH BEFORE Soa Suite bin path ?

Question

On my local computer I installed Oracle Database 10g Express AND Soa Suite.
Hence the PATH environment variable contains (among others) two pathes: one for Soa Suite and one for database 10g.e.g.:
Path=D:\soa\v10.1.3.1\OracleAS_1\jdk\bin;D:\soa\v10.1.3.1\OracleAS_1\ant\bin;D:\soa\v10.1.3.1\OracleAS_1\bin;D:\db\Oracle\app\oracle\produc
t\10.2.0\server\bin;......other.....
Which element should be written/taken at first?
When I leave it as above I have problems with some commands (e.g. tnsping) because is taken from the first occurence (= Soa Suite) and is not working properly.
Is it causing problems in Soa Suite if I switch "D:\db\Oracle\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\bin"
to the first position in PATH variable?

Answer 1

I found the solution, if anyone has the same error, here is the solution:
The cause of an error was improper configuration of the host. The ping returned two different IP addresses:
oas@myhost $ ping -a myhost
myhost (333.333.333.333) is alive
oas@myhost $ ping -a myhost.domain.com
myhost.domain.com (555.555.555.555) is alive
I removed the wrong IP address for myhost.domain.com in /etc/inet/ipnodes:
[email protected] # cat /etc/inet/ipnodes
# Internet host table
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost
555.555.555.555 myhost.domain.com loghost
Now the ping is correct:
oas@myhost $ ping -a myhost
myhost (333.333.333.333) is alive
oas@myhost $ ping -a myhost.domain.com
myhost.domain.com (333.333.333.333)) is alive
Now installation finished successfully.
Message was edited by:
Rahat Agivetova