When I try to connect with TOAD this appears: TNS_ADMIN environment variable is not defined EZCONNECT is not the first naming method in NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH which may conflict with other naming methods specified.
Plus I do not know what to put on the service name section
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Hi @javierruiz You’re probably better off asking in a Oracle forum, but when I searched a bit, it seems like you’re probably missing the Oracle path from $PATH: https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/22739/oracle-11g-r2-standard-edition-installation-set-environment-variable-path-and
The TNS_ADMIN environment variable is used to specify the directory location for the tnsnames.ora file. The TNS_ADMIN environment variable can be defined in the following ways:
For UNIX users, the order in which Oracle searches locations for Oracle Net files like sqlnet.ora and tnsnames.ora are in this order:
$HOMEfor hidden files only (i.e., .sqlnet.ora and .tnsnames.ora)$TNS_ADMIN$HOME/etcor/var/opt/oracle(depends on platform)$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any trouble !
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