Re: Install Oracle 9i DB rel 2 and 9iDs rel 2 on a single Win XP Home PC

From: Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 15:37:25 +0200
Message-ID: <d71upu$4st$1@news1.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>

DA Morgan wrote:
> Steven Howes wrote:
>

>> look in windows\system32\drivers\etc and add a line to your hosts file
>> like this:
>>
>> 127.0.0.1      mytestserver.com
>>
>> then use this as your server name.

>
>
> Best practice is to never use 127.0.0.1.
>
> Get the actual IP address of the machine.

Eh? The beauty of 127.0.0.1 is that it *always* resolves to the local host (it is synonym for localhost), as it is the definition of local host!
Hosts contains "127.0.0.1 localhost" by default

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Regards,
Frank van Bortel

Received on Wed May 25 2005 - 08:37:25 CDT