Re: how to work with 8ilite on a stand-alone notebook/PC?

I'm very anxious about the answer because I have exactly the same problem. My Win 98SE is configured for a LAN (TCP/IP) configuration and a Internet modem connection and I'm also unable to connect to the POLite database. Jan Burgers

Karl-Stephan Werkmeister <kastwerk_at_web.de> schreef in berichtnieuws 3A8ADAF5.FCD44EA2_at_web.de...
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> Sybrand Bakker schrieb:
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> > The default connect string is ODBC:Polite
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> > No sqlnet, no listeners, no tnsnames.ora !
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> Thank you very much for answer.
> I read and tried this before and it didn't seem to work. Now I know a
> bit more:
> The notebook I want to use Oracle 8i Lite on is configured for a LAN
> *and* a modem connection.
> Whenever I'm not connected to the internet over the modem I cannot
> connect to Oracle. Sqlplus hangs completely without giving me an error
> message. But I *am* able to connect to the database if I'm connected to
> the internet. Some data seem to be transferred, I have to wait for half
> a minute. After this time I get connected and I can to work offline.
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> So:
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> Why can't I connect offline?
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> ...and btw:
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> is there a way to set the 'ODBC:Polite' as default so I don't have to
> use it on every connect?
Received on Wed Feb 14 2001 - 14:52:02 CST