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WWV-17101 Error During Export of Table in Oracle Portal 3.x (Doc ID 156846.1)

Last updated on APRIL 02, 2025

Applies to:

Portal - Version 3.0.6 to 3.0.9.8.5 [Release Portal 3.0 to 9iAS]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Portal version 3.x.
Starting the export of a table in the Database Objects tab of the Navigator in Oracle Portal raises the following error:

Error: Could not find the preference storage for temporary directory. Cannot
perform export operation. Contact the administrator. (WWV-17101)

Export of other objects (like a package) do not show this message and the export works fine.

Cause

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