Thanks a lot Dimitre, copying and pasting directly from the email don't work precisely, but the solution is there :) On 10/11/05, Radoulov, Dimitre <cichomitiko@(protected)> wrote: > Excuse me, the correct syntax is with tokens=3*(by using the asterisk we > make sure that not only the third word is used but everything following it > as well) and you have to set %%A (not %%B). > > > @(protected) OFF > :: delims is a TAB followed by a space > FOR /F "tokens=3* delims= " %%A IN ('reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\ /v > ORACLE_HOME') DO SET > CURR_OH=%%A > ECHO Oracle home is %CURR_OH% > > > > > Dimitre Radoulov > >