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I have the same problem with PO7, but there's no listener to start. Any suggestions? The documentation indicates that I should be able to use "2:" but that gives the same error message.
Dave P.
Timothy Taylor wrote in message <348B1226.2A319423_at_us.oracle.com>...
>Eric,
>
>You can't make an IPC connection from a SQL*Net 2.X client, such as
>Designer/2000 to an Oracle8 database. Make sure that your Net8 listener is
>configured correctly (%ORACLE_HOME%\net80\admin\listener.ora) and running.
>Next, add an entry for your Oracle8 database to your SQL*Net 2.X
tnsnames.ora
>file (%ORACLE_HOME\network\admin\tnsnames.ora). Login using username,
>password, and the tns entry.
>
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