Thank you DeVerne. It has solved my problem too.
Mike
DeVerne Coleman <dsleuth_at_worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:SGis5.8300$On2.501941_at_bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> I have run in to this before. This is a windows/internet explorer issue.
> Open Internet Explorer. Select "Internet Options" from the tool menu. Go
> to the "Connections" tab. Select the option "dial whenever a network
> connection is not present". This solved my problem.
>
> HTH
>
>
> DeVerne Coleman
>
> Michael Plawecki <m.plawecki_at_btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:8orm20$ki5$1_at_uranium.btinternet.com...
> > I'm having difficulty configuring NET8 and would appreciate any help or
> > guidance available. The problem I have, is that when I connect to the
> > database on the server, from the client (using sqlplus), the Dial-Up
> > Connection dialogue appears (ie what I use to connect to the internet).
> > When I click 'Cancel', it disappears and I'm connected to the remore
> > database.
> >
> > I've tried everything I can think of to stop the dialogue box appearing.
> > Does anyone have any ideas? Details below.
> >
> > Mike
> > ========================================================================
> > I've installed Oracle8i Enterprise Edition on a machine called PIGLET
> > (please forgive the silly names) running Windows NT Workstation. I've
> > installed Oracle8i Client on a machine called POOH, which runs
> > Windows 98. The two machines are networked together in a single
> > workgroup, the d drive of PIGLET being shared and appearing to POOH as
> > its g drive.
> >
> > The ORACLE_HOME on the server (PIGLET) is d:\Oracle\Ora81, the
> > ORACLE_HOME on the client (POOH) is c:\Oracle\Ora81. The database SID
> > is ROO and the Net Service Name is KANGA.com. The various NET8 files
> > are as below.
> >
> > ---------- Contents of client machine sqlnet.ora ------------------
> > NAMES.DEFAULT_DOMAIN = com
> > SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS)
> > NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES, ONAMES, HOSTNAME)
> >
> > ---------- Contents of client machine tnsnames.ora ------------------
> > KANGA.COM =
> > (DESCRIPTION =
> > (ADDRESS_LIST =
> > (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = PIGLET)(PORT = 1521))
> > )
> > (CONNECT_DATA =
> > (SERVICE_NAME = ROO.PIGLET)
> > )
> > )
> >
> > ---------- Contents of server machine sqlnet.ora ------------------
> > SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS)
> > NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES, ONAMES, HOSTNAME)
> >
> > ---------- Contents of server machine tnsnames.ora ------------------
> > ROO.PIGLET =
> > (DESCRIPTION =
> > (ADDRESS_LIST =
> > (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = piglet)(PORT = 1521))
> > )
> > (CONNECT_DATA =
> > (SERVICE_NAME = ROO.PIGLET)
> > )
> > )
> >
> > EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
> > (DESCRIPTION =
> > (ADDRESS_LIST =
> > (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC0))
> > )
> > (CONNECT_DATA =
> > (SID = PLSExtProc)
> > (PRESENTATION = RO)
> > )
> > )
> > ---------- Contents of server machine listner.ora ------------------
> > LISTENER =
> > (DESCRIPTION_LIST =
> > (DESCRIPTION =
> > (ADDRESS_LIST =
> > (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC0))
> > )
> > (ADDRESS_LIST =
> > (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = piglet)(PORT = 1521))
> > )
> > )
> > (DESCRIPTION =
> > (PROTOCOL_STACK =
> > (PRESENTATION = GIOP)
> > (SESSION = RAW)
> > )
> > (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = piglet)(PORT = 2481))
> > )
> > )
> >
> > SID_LIST_LISTENER =
> > (SID_LIST =
> > (SID_DESC =
> > (SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
> > (ORACLE_HOME = D:\Oracle\Ora81)
> > (PROGRAM = extproc)
> > )
> > (SID_DESC =
> > (GLOBAL_DBNAME = ROO.PIGLET)
> > (ORACLE_HOME = D:\Oracle\Ora81)
> > (SID_NAME = ROO)
> > )
> > )
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Sun Sep 03 2000 - 14:27:35 CDT
