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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.misc -> Re: SQL Net Config Question for DOS
On Fri, 02 Oct 1998 21:03:28 -0400, "Patrick T. Cannon"
<PCannon_at_TechVistas.com> wrote:
>I have a client machine that will need to access an oracle database on
>our server.
>
>I have configured SQL Net using the Net8 Assistant and tested it with
>Plus80w.exe.
>It seems to work fine and connect to any service name I provide.
>
>The problem is the the DOS program plus80 does not seem to find my
>service names.
>I have set ORACLE_SID = ServiceName inside each DOS shell prior to
>launching plus80,
>but it always returns ORA-12203: TNS: unable to connect to destination.
Even the DOS version of SQL*Plus will still use (by default) the value of ORACLE_SID in the Windows Registry, in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Oracle if you do not specify a connect string.
Have you tried connected via plus80 and specifying a connect string?
>
>I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but can't seem to figure out my
>mistake. I'd
>appreciate any help you might provide.
>
>Thanks,
>Patrick
>
Thanks!
Joel
Joel R. Kallman Oracle Government, Education, & Health
Columbus, OH http://govt.us.oracle.com jkallman@us.oracle.com http://www.oracle.com
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