This property specifies the tnsnames.ora and/or sqlnet.ora directory location.

Declaration

// C#
public static string TnsAdmin { get; set; }

Property Type

System.String

The backslash (\) is a special character in .NET that represents the beginning of an escape sequence. To specify a directory location, use any one of the following formats in .NET so that backslashes are correctly represented in a directory location:

// C# 
OracleConfiguration.TnsAdmin = "D:\\oracle\\client\\admin";
OracleConfiguration.TnsAdmin = @"D:\oracle\client\admin";
OracleConfiguration.TnsAdmin = "D:/oracle/client/admin";