Re: Path Environ variable limit

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Joel,

I may be mistaken but I think it's 32,767 characters. That may just be the
maximum environment variable size...


Bill F.
Windows Server MVP

"Joel" <jwolfe(removethis)@digimarc.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a limit to the size (length) of the Path Environment variable in
> Windows 2003 Server? In other words, if my Path statement is too long,
> will
> the stuff towards the end of the string get dropped?
>
> Alternatively, can I have spaces, such as "program files" in the path
> statement without quotes?
>
> I ask this because our ODBC oracle drivers stopped working mysteriously
> after a defragmentation. The testing connection would consistently fail.
> I
> discovered that the path to the oracle ODBC drivers were pretty far back
> in
> the string so I put them in front of the statement and it began working
> again.
>
>


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