Never mind. I found the answer. By setting O7_DICTIONARY_ACCESSIBILITY =
True, you can workaround the requirement for 'as sysdba'.
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Terry Dykstra
Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
"Terry Dykstra" <dontreply_tddykstra_at_forestoil.ca> wrote in message
news:QUIFa.27132$MM4.4900712_at_news0.telusplanet.net...
> Is it possible to connect to an 817 database (on W2K) using 'connect
> sys/password_at_instance' without having to add the 'as sysdba'? I have a
3rd
> party application that as part of the install routine needs to connect
using
> sys, but it doesn't understand the 'as sysdba' syntax.
>
> Terry Dykstra
>
>
Received on Wed Jun 11 2003 - 12:01:00 CDT
