Re: Oracle8 on NT

Yes it is possible.
You may want to add the localhost alias to /winnt/system32/etc/drivers/hosts

in order to avoid working with the IP address directly.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

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> Hi,
>
> Sorry if this is an FAQ and/or a really dumb question, but I have been
> asked to install an application onto a Laptop with NT, which retrieves
> data from an Oracle8 DB. In our real environment we house the Oracle
> on an UNIX box, but want a demo system to take to prospective customers
> to show them the system(s) we use.
>
> Is it possible to install the Oracle8 server on the laptop, as well as
> the application, with SQLnet and setup an instance with 127.0.0.1 as
> the IP address (it does have a NIC installed), so that the system will
> work without attaching to a network or without needing a seperate
> server??
>
> TIA
>
>
>
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Received on Tue Jun 06 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT