Re: Installation on NT

Hi!

 First of all, are you using TCP/IP to login into NT Server from your workstation?

 If it's really so you must make sure the host name of your NT server is correct.

 Depending on workstation configurationand network configuration,  your TCP/IP software can use either the Domain Name Service (DNS) or the HOSTS file
 to map host names to IP addresses .
 If DNS and the HOSTS file are unable to resolve the host name during a remote
database connection, the following error message appears:

ORA-12545: TNS: name lookup failure

In such case you can modify the (HOST = my_nt_server) section of your TNSNAMES.ORA so my_server_name is changed to the IP address of the server.

To determine the server IP address:

    1.From the Control Panel window, double-click Network.

           The Network window appears.
    2.Choose the Protocols tab.

           The Protocols view appears:
    3.From the Protocol view, select the TCP/IP adapter, and click Properties.

           The Microsoft TCP/IP Properties dialog box appears with the IP Address view:

     4.Obtain the IP address, and click Cancel to close the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties dialog box.

     5.Click Cancel to close the Network window.

Sincerely yours,

                           Alexander G Bozhik

Hessel H.J. de Haan <dha_at_tip.nl> wrote in <34D4EB65.232CB07A_at_tip.nl>:

> Hello,
>
> probably a beginners-question, but it's something I can't figure out.
>
> - I've installed Oracle server version 8 on my Windows NT 4 server.
>
> - On this file-server I've created the standard ORCL database and I've
> modified
> the TNSNAMES.ORA and the LISTENER.ORA so I can reach the database (as
> system/manager, on the server). This goes OK
>
> - I've installed the Oracle 8 client on my Windows 95 workstation
>
> - The windows workstation/username has an account on the NT server (I
> can login / map /
> etcetera)
>
> - I've modified the TNSNAMES.ORA file in G:\ORAWIN95\NET80\ADMIN and
> changed the HOST name, so now it's:
>
> Tcp-loopback.world =
> (DESCRIPTION =
> (ADDRESS =
> (PROTOCOL = TCP)
> (HOST = my_nt_server)
> (PORT = 1521)
> )
> (CONNECT_DATA = (SID = ORCL)
> )
> )
>
> BUT: I can't reach the server from the workstation. I think I have to
> install the
> TCP/IP part of both the NT server and the Win95 workstation, but how,
> where
> and what? I dont have a real TCP/IP adress, so is there some sort of
> fake adress
> one can use? Please help me.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Hessel de Haan
>
  Received on Mon Feb 02 1998 - 00:00:00 CST