Re: Oracle Personal 8i on Win 98

Tried this myself. Installed Personal Oracle8i 8.1.7 - SID=ORCL. Installed NET8-Service for Bequeth protocol name LOCBEQ. Also installed NET8-TCP/IP 127.0.0.1 name LOCTCP Installed ODBC.
Connected with both LOCBEQ and LOCTCP - no problems. Installed NET8 Client from 8.0.5 (different ORACLE_HOME). Created new NET8 entries with Net8 Easy Config from 8.0.5. Connected - no problems.

So it seems, Oracle PE comes with a preconfigured Listener. You just need to install a client acces and it goes.

Ted

On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 20:22:22 -0000, "Gary" <garygfx_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>You could be totally right, Greg. I just wish Oracle clearly stated this if
>it was true. Nothing I have done has got a listener working and I think I've
>tried almost every possible combination of things.
>
>Gary.
>
>
>"Greg Kainz" <gregkainz_at_home.com> wrote in message
>news:r%y36.102302$x6.45632700_at_news2.rdc2.tx.home.com...
>> I haven't used Personal Oracle in a long time, but IIRC, it
>> was a single user system and intentionally had no sql*net
>> listener. You connected with two-task using a 2: or local
>> or something similar...of course I could be totally off base
>> since it's late and I'm tired....
>> "Gary" <garygfx_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:92m1v1$q3c$1_at_neptunium.btinternet.com...
>> > "Reiling Lee" <reiling.lee_at_dwp.net> wrote:
>> > > I am new here and trying to learn Oracle. I downloaed a copy of
 Oracle
>> > > Personal 8i Edition for Win 98. I had no problem to install it for the
>> > > default settings. However, when I tried to run sqlplus, I got the
 error
>> > > message for "no listener". What do I need to do to start the listener?
 Can
 I
>> > > install more than one copy of Oracle on the same machine? If so, why
 would
 I
>> > > do it and what would be the pros and cons?
>> >
>> > I have the same problem - I don't think Oracle Corp completed the setup
 for
>> > Win98 users. Here's a message written a little earlier in this
 newsgroup.
>> > I'm sure the author won't mind me copying it in below. It looks helpful
 but
>> > I haven't tried it myself yet.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Gary.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
>> > news:92dk1s$6qbm7$3_at_ID-62141.news.dfncis.de...
>> > >
>> > > You need to setup a listener and you need to setup tnsnames.ora.
>> > > You can do so using the Net8 Configuration Assistant.
>> > > You need to configure either the IPC protocol or the TCP protocol (It
 looks
>> > > like Microsoft has deleted netbeui from win98, which is the protocol
 Oracle
>> > > calls named pipes).
>> > > If you use the TCP protocol, your best bet is to use 'localhost' as
 your
>> > > host name, and enter the following line in your
>> > > \windows\hosts file
>> > > 127.0.0.1 localhost
>> > > Make sure you can ping localhost from a dos box, this will verify the
 tcp/ip
>> > > protocol is properly functioning.
>> > > If you are asked for a SID and you took all defaults, the SID is ORCL,
 and
>> > > the ORACLE_HOME directory
>> > > c:\oracle\ora81
>> > > In the tnsnames configuration you need to make sure you choose Net8
>> > > compatible configuration and again specify host, sid and oracle_home.
 Also
>> > > everywhere use the default port of 1521.
>> > > After configuration you need to issue lsnrctl start in a DOS box.
>> > > If you get that working, you can either use ODBC (non-native protocol)
 or
>> > > Oracle Objects for OLE (native protocol) . In the former case you need
 the
>> > > ODBC administrator applet to setup a proper ODBC connection.
>> > > I just went through the procedure myself yesterday, and I didn't yet
>> > > configure ODBC, which is not much of a priority for me, as I don't
 have
 a
>> > > recent version of VB.
>> > > If you require further assistance respond to me privately, preferably
 in
>> > > Dutch
>> > >
>> > > Regards,
>> > >
>> > > Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

EMail: knijff_at_bigfoot.com Received on Wed Jan 03 2001 - 10:59:12 CST