Re: NT and Oracle

Try using the ip address in tnsnames instead of a machine name. Even if it doesn't solve your problem, your connection time will be quicker when you do get it fixed.

Hope it works,

Tom Mettling
WT Chen & Company, Inc.

Gwendolyne Chua wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having a bit of a problem (to say the least) trying to
> connect to an Oracle db from my Windows NT machine. I've
> tried it with Oracle 7.1 and it keeps telling me that it
> can't resolve the TNS name. Also I've tried it with Oracle
> 7.3 and it connects fine but I can't seem to get my VB
> application (in 16-bit) to use the new OO4O! In a way, it's
> a catch-22 problem, and I'm tearing my hair out trying to
> figure it out. Maybe I'm just overlooking something very
> obvious, in which case, this would be a stupid question.
> Anyone with a solution out there? Please help...
>
> Thanks,
> Gwen.
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Received on Mon Aug 18 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT