TNS_ADMIN Environment Variable

Hi,
I am trying to install Oracle AS 10g Standard Edition one on my system.The problem is
1. That when I try to install Oracle Portal with Metadata Repository 3.4GB option, I get the error that the environment variable TNS_ADMIN is set to a directory which does not exist.I have checked the environment variables but there is no such variable named TNS_ADMIN.
2. After this the system asks to provide 3 more files
3. Abnormal installation termination errors appear and I have to cancel the installation.
Help will be greatly appreciated,
Daya

Hi,
Yes, the Oracle Installer also looks for TNS_ADMIN in the registry - it's usually in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\HOMEID.
Howevern the environment overrides the registry - so if TNS_ADMIN is set in the environment, then that takes precedence over the TNS_ADMIN setting in the registry.
As mentioned by deltondm, depending on the Platform, you can set the TNS_ADMIN environment variable & try to proceed with the installation.
Regards,
Sandeep

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See Note:231051.1, Dynamic Environment Switching In Reports 9i for an example of setting your environment variables at runtime. It uses REPORTS_PATH, there is also an entry for NLS_LANG in the reports.sh file (in UNIX). This setting is causing the conflict when you try to set it at runtime.
I think you have to remove the entry from reports.sh config file and then you will have to pass the parm at runtime everytime.
I hope this helps!
Tony

Environment variables from ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist not read?

Hello,
I repost this from "Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard > Account and Login" since it was advised to me overthere. Sorry if your already read this one before.
I have a problem defining environment variables that should be visible to all my user processes, not only Terminal. According to the Apple documentation, I need to create a file ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist and define my variables in there.
Below you can see the exact paths and file name, together with the contents of the plist file:
<pre>
/Users/ringods/.MacOSX
AtrisoBook:.MacOSX ringods$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r--@ 1 ringods staff 313 Sep 29 15:35 environment.plist
AtrisoBook:.MacOSX ringods$ cat environment.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>ANT_HOME</key>
<string>/opt/local/share/java/apache-ant</string>
</dict>
</plist>
</pre>
I then tried a logout/login sequence, but no ANT_HOME environment variable was defined. Even after completely rebooting, the environment variable was still not defined. I checked in a Terminal window using any of the following 3 commands:
<pre>
env
export
set
</pre>
This is on a MacBook Pro running 10.5.5. Am I missing something here? Does anyone know how to resolve this?
Ringo

I'm currently experiencing the same issue.
I find however, if I take out the underscore from the name it works. At least the times I've tried.
There is a post about using launchd.conf for configuring environment variables, but I couldn't get that to work either.

How do you set NLS_LANG environment variable in report builder

How do you set up the reports builder environment to display foreign fonts.
So far what I read makes me think that in report builder I have to set the NLS_LANG environment variable .
If anyone has done this is that true and if so how.
Also the languages I want to use are the following.
Armenian
Cambodian
Chinese
Russian
Tagalog
Vietnamese
How do I find the NLS_LANG environment variables for these.
Where I am at now+
I have to set the DEVELOPER NLS LANG. I see the NLS LANG in the registry and I guess I have to add the DEVELOPER NLS LANG.
Now I am searching for syntax. If anyone knows the syntax for those languages please let me know and how do I set more than 1 at a time.
Howard
Edited by: csphard on Apr 14, 2010 5:17 PM
Edited by: csphard on Apr 14, 2010 5:22 PM
Edited by: csphard on Apr 15, 2010 9:02 AM

Hello Howard,
Check out the following link here you can find your desired NLS parameters.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/globalization/htdocs/nls_lang%20faq.htm
And about the NLS_LANG for developer why you want to create for developer. Its is already there in REGISTRY. Just seaching in developer registry you can find there.
how do I set more than 1 at a time.
You can set only one NLS_LANG parameter at a time.
-Ammad
Edited by: Ammad Ahmed on Apr 15, 2010 8:52 PM

How can I use environment variables in a controller?

Hi all,
How can I use environment variables in a controller?
I want to pass a fully qualified directory and file name to FileInputStream and would like to do it by resolving an env variable, such as $APPLTMP.
Is there a method somewhere that would resolve this??
By the way,Did anyone used the class of "oracle.apps.fnd.cp.request.RemoteFile"?
The following is the code.
My EBS server is installed with 2 nodes(one for current,and other is for application and DB).I want to copy the current server's file to the application server's $APPLTMP directory. But the result of "mCtx.getEnvStore().getEnv("APPLTMP")" is current server's $APPLTMP directory.
Can anyone help me on this?
private String getURL()
throws IOException
File locC = null;
File remC = new File(mPath);
String lurl = null;
CpUtil lUtil = new CpUtil();
String exten;
Connection lConn = mCtx.getJDBCConnection();
ErrorStack lES = mCtx.getErrorStack();
LogFile lLF = mCtx.getLogFile();
String gwyuid = mCtx.getEnvStore().getEnv("GWYUID");
String tmpDir = mCtx.getEnvStore().getEnv("APPLTMP");
String twoTask = mCtx.getEnvStore().getEnv("TWO_TASK");
// create temp file
mLPath = lUtil.createTempFile("OF", exten, tmpDir);
lUtil.logTempFile(mLPath, mLNode, mCtx);
Thanks,
binghao

However within OAF on the application it doesn't.
what doesnt work, do you get errors or nothing ?XX_TOP is defined in adovars.env only. Anywhere else this has to go?
No, it is read from the adovars.env file only.Thanks
Tapash

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