Re: What is Service Name ??

Hi !

Thanks .. I have already loaded & configured Net8 .. on my machine .. ( I am an absolute Novice .. )
Therefore I needed to know the following :

1. 'Service Name' means ..
2. TNS stands for ??

Regards,

Bhargava
*EOM* Mark D Powell <markp7832_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8jligb$h0h$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <8jmf1r$1p$1_at_news.vsnl.net.in>,
> "Bhargava" <sbhargavarao_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi !
> >
> > I am a NEW user !! I am trying to setup ODBC to Personal Oracle 8.0i
 .. its
> > has one of the parameters as Service Name !!
> >
> > What is Service Name ? . Where can I find the Service Name for my
> > Installation ?
> >
> > Bhargava
> >
> > sbhargavarao_at_yahoo.com
> >
> With versions prior to 8i the Service name in the ODBC entry
> corresponds to the TNSNAME.ORA entry for the database you want to
> connect to. Most people name it the same as the Oracle instance id
> that the entry points to. I would suspect that you have to configure
> Net8 first before you can get an ODBC connection. I have done it this
> way for sqlnet ver 2 to Oracle 7.3 and for Net8 clients to remote
> instances for both version 7.3 and 8.0.
> --
> Mark D. Powell -- The only advice that counts is the advice that
> you follow so follow your own advice --

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