Re: Problem setting the "default" oracle SID...

Hi,
you don't say which platform the client is running on. On Windows NT, you can do this
by setting the LOCAL variable in the registry to the connect string to your default instance.
I think that something very similar can be done on Unix platforms as well, only it must be set
in the environment.
Hth,

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Pavel Polcar

apara_at_bigfoot.com wrote in article <6j2vch$7vv$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
> I have installed Oracle Server 7.3 on a server machine. There it works
fine.
> I have installed a Client component of the installation on another
machine.
> Every time I run any of the tools I need to specify what database alias I
will
> be connecting to.
>
> How do I make my client machine always connect to the "default" database
which
> I have setup on my server (the same way it works on the server). I have
> searched for some sort of a default flag in the configurations, but I am
> unable to find it.
>
> Since I have only one database (the one which was installed by default) I
want
> to have my client automatically connect to that database when the service
> field is left blank in most of Oracle applications.
>
> Thanks.
> -AP_
>
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Received on Tue May 12 1998 - 01:23:53 CDT