Re: Connecting to oracle on the network

From: DJ <nospamplease_at_goaway.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 23:32:25 -0000
Message-ID: <eABpb.2079$382.652@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net>

"Yousaf" <noway_at_hose.com> wrote in message news:1067899989.832381_at_ananke.eclipse.net.uk...
> Dear all,
>
> I have an oracle 8i database server up and running on a windows2k server.
My
> desktop machine is a Red Hat which also has an oracle 9i database up and
> running. I need to access 8i on win2k server from my Linux desktop
machine.
>
> Could anyone guide me throught the process of logging on to oracle on
> windows through SQL Plus on Linux?
>
> Regards
> --
> Yousaf
> Linux version 2.4.20-8
> gcc version 3.2.2
> Red Hat 9

in your tnsnames file on the linux box add the entry for the 8i datasbase

make sure the listener is running on the win2k box

then simply sqlplus user/pass_at_8i_instance Received on Mon Nov 03 2003 - 17:32:25 CST