1. Database Installation Guide
  2. Configuring Networks for Oracle Database
  3. Setting the ORACLE_HOSTNAME Environment Variable

Setting the ORACLE_HOSTNAME Environment Variable

Run the commands shown in this example as the Oracle user account to set the ORACLE_HOSTNAME environment variable.

The following example shows the commands to run on the Oracle user account to set the ORACLE_HOSTNAME environment variable. In this example, the fully qualified host name is somehost.example.com.

Bourne, Bash or Korn Shell

$ ORACLE_HOSTNAME=somehost.example.com
$ export ORACLE_HOSTNAME

C Shell

% setenv ORACLE_HOSTNAME somehost.example.com

Parent topic: Configuring Networks for Oracle Database