Re: 8i Naming Conflicts & Confusion

On 14 Mar 2002 17:39:45 -0800, MJB <mario_at_bosss.com> wrote:
>Hello Again Super DBA's:
>
>I am able to establish successful connections using the utility
>"SVRMGR" (SVRMGR> connect internal /password). I can also verify the
>listerner status using "LSNCTL81" which completes successfully. Today
>I was finally able to establish a connection from a WIN98 client using
>the Net8 Easy config software.
>
>My only remaining problem is the error message received when I attempt
>to access the "WEBDB" home. I using the correct syntax, as prescribed.
>My first attempt was succesful and I connected to the "webdb.home"
>page located in
>"http://servername:8080/webdb/webdb.home". The first attempt
>succeeded. Then after rebooting the srever and client, I now receive
>http error messages indicating my "DAD description for the URL in the
>connection string" is incorrect. So, I opened the
>"/admin_/gateway.htm" pages and changed the DAD connection string from
>a host name to the actual IP address for the 8i server.
>
>Then, I attempted to connect again. This time, after switching to IP
>rather than host name, I received a new error indicating "database
>login failed". I do not understand why I was able to access the
>"webdb" home page once, and after rebooting it is unavailable.

That sounds like an issue of an environment variable being set in a session, while needing to be set permanently. Can you ping by host name?

On another platform, I had this same DAD error because I religiously followed the instructions for some configuration bat file, which had a typo in them. Sorry, it is too obscure for me to remember what that was called, but I hope the hint helps. It was something where you had to put in a whole bunch of parameters like the username and password and server name and such. Maybe it was the pa_java_inst.bat?

>
>As far as being the world's most powerful database product, I must
>admit my opinion is the client/server & networking transport tools
>should have been much more "user-friendly" and less tied to windows
>protocols, (SMS, SAM, etc.). I hope the 8i & 9i is much less confusing
>to implement on a LINUX platform.

The confusion mostly arises from abstracting to a point where there is platform independence for the installation and configuration, methinks.

>
>Anyway, I stil need help getting my "webdb" started. Thanks to all of
>you for your responses, time and effort. I appreciate the community
>support!

I found Oracle support quite helpful when I did this the first time alone. and check out Metalink.oracle.com.
>
>MJB
jg

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