Thanks for the answers. It appeared that the only problem was that i
needed to sign on to my own pc as admin then install. It is oracle
8.0.5 on an windows nt platform.
The very long road now begins!!
sean
> Hello all,
> I have just installed oracle 8 so that I can start to learn
> to use it. Having read all the instructions regarding the installation this
> never appeared anywhere.
> Basically, when I start Oracle SQL*plus on my NT machine I
> get a log_in box that asks for User_Name, Password and Host_String. For the
> first two I have an input (system and manager) but for the host_string I
> have no idea what's required. In all the help books etc I have read there is
> no mention of this. I remember when I was installing I was presented with a
> MS_DOS prompt (again unexpected) that asked for password? I simply put
> 'sys'. If I fail to fill the Host_box correctly then I get "ERROR ORA-12203
> TNS:unable to connect to destination"
> Any idea where I have gone wrong?
> Thanks
> Sean
Received on Wed Jul 04 2001 - 04:27:20 CDT
