Re: How to make connection to the local database using Personal Oracle 7.2

I set up Tcp-loopback as you suggested and I got the following no-listener message.

Can you tell me what to do next?

Thanks
Greg

C:\>tnsping Tcp-loopback

TNS Ping Utility for WINDOWS 32: Version 2.2.2.0.0 - Production on 17-JAN-98 20:
43:14

Copyright (c) Oracle Corporation 1995. All rights reserved.

Attempting to contact
(ADDRESS=(COMMUNITY=tcp.world)(PROTOCOL=TCP)(Host=127.0.0.1)(Port=1521)) TNS-12541: TNS:no listener

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On 17 Jan 1998 22:21:33 GMT, boroskie_at_ix.netcom.com (Boroskie) wrote:

>Try adding ipaddress Greg in your windows\hosts file. The ip
>address can be something you make up. 127.0.0.1 is the usual loop back
>address for local services.
>
>Best of luck, Boroskie(boroskie_at_ix.netcom.com)
>
>
>In article <34bd9830.558731_at_news.ececs.uc.edu>, teetshd_at_email.uc.edu
>says...
>>
>>Chris:
>>I've been asking how to connect to Personal Oracle7 out here for a
>>long time and you've given me a clear answer. I did as you suggested
>>to Dmitry and installed TCP/IP from Windows95.
>>
>>Next, I installed SQLNet from the easy configuration.
>>

 SNIP
>>
>>Then I tried the following as shown in the SQLNet documentation:
>>C:\>tnsping GregStock
>>
>>I got the following:
>>
>>TNS Ping Utility for WINDOWS 32: Version 2.2.2.0.0 - Production on
>>14-JAN-98 23:
>>45:43
>>
>>Copyright (c) Oracle Corporation 1995. All rights reserved.
>>
>>Attempting to contact
>>(ADDRESS=(COMMUNITY=tcp.world)(PROTOCOL=TCP)(Host=Greg)(Port=1521))
>>TNS-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist
>>
>>Can you explain to me what is going wrong?
>>
>SNIP
>
Received on Sun Jan 18 1998 - 00:00:00 CST