Oracle newbie: HELP

Hello all,

I am a perl programmer, who wants to upgrade from mySql to Oracle databases. I got myself a trial version of the server/client software on NT and have installed it.

But now, how do I start? I read their extensive documentation painstakingly, but they have SO MUCH information, IN SO MANY PLACEs that I have no clue where to start!

I would like to start by writing a simple script that connects to an Oracle database thru ODBC and displays a table. Thats all I want to do, but when I try to start the Net8 (which I believe is the thing to start with) I don't know -- it asks me for

1. Net8 Connect String
2. Account Name
3. Account Password

I would really appreciate if someone could tell me if there is a default setting. I remember my friend telling me there is "Scott/Tiger" or something but that doesn;t work. And in any case, since I dont know the net8 connect string I cannot even be sure if Scott/tiger works!

I have read 2 books, but neither of them discusses this. They directyly start with RDBMS concepts and SQL Plus!!!

PLEASE help!!!

Thanks
Billy

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