Using ODBC

I'm not sure if this is the proper group to post this to, but I desperately need help and searched for days on the web to no avail. Currently, I'm just trying to set up an ODBC connection to my Oracle 8i database on a single computer and I have no domain name. When I go through and use the Net8 Assistant, set up a Names Server, make sure my Listener is configured properly, along with my Service Name, I keep getting the ODBC error:

[Oracle][ODBC][Ora]ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name

I'm using the native Oracle ODBC driver in Windows 2000 and can't seem to figure out why I'm getting this error. Obviously I'm doing something wrong but have no clue where to even start looking. If someone out there has any idea what this is all about, or has a step-by-step tutorial as to how to set up a simple ODBC connection using Oracle 8i on just a single computer with no domain(I tried localhost, but even that didn't work), I'd very much appreciate it.

Thank you,
Aaron Received on Fri Jun 27 2003 - 09:46:30 CDT