Re: Logging into SQL*Plus (Oracle 8i)

Water Cooler v2 wrote:
> I just installed Oracle 8i and am having a tough time just logging into
> SQL*Plus. I've given scott for the User Name and tiger for the
> Password. But heck, what do I give in as the host string?

Not reading documentation when working with Oracle is one of the surest routes to failure I know. I'd suggest not repeating that mistake. And why install an old unsupported version when you could have installed 10g?

Using the operating system userid/password you used to install Oracle log on in SQL*Plus with:

/ as sysdba (leaving password and host string blank)

then

SELECT instance_name
FROM v$instance;

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