When TNS_ADMIN variable is defined to a mapped network drive / directory, in the connection manager the dropdown list for the aliases is empty.
SQL Optimizer for Oracle is not retrieving details from the tnsnames.ora file located on the network-mounted drive to populate database names under the Connection Manager | TNS tab.
WORKAROUND
None
STATUS
Issue fixed in SQL Optimizer for Oracle 10.1.
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