Re: help

Hi,

If you are running Oracle/Forms on the same machine (ie. the machine that you installed Oracle/Forms on), then you should be able to put nothing as the host string.

User ID ==> scott
Password ==> tiger
Service (which is host string) ==> LEAVE BLANK

Hope this helps,

John M. Reed Jr.
Oracle Developer/DBA

Sundeep wrote in message <6l58h5$h6k_at_examiner.concentric.net>...
>i am new to oracle i got a cd for 30 day trial period and i installed
every
>thing under that.
>1) when i start form builder and try to run guided tour it says couldnot
>connect
>2) when i go to sql 3.3 it asks me for username and password and than asks
>me for the host string . i put the username scott and password as tiger and
>than host string i put loca host and it gives and error message saying
>SQL*Plus: Release 3.3.4.0.0 - Production on Thu Jun 04 00:24:06 1998
>
>Copyright (c) Oracle Corporation 1979, 1996. All rights reserved.
>
>ERROR: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name
>how can i resolve this
>will appreciate if some one can help
>sundeep shah
>shahsundeep_at_hotmail.com
>
>
Received on Thu Jun 11 1998 - 15:08:43 CEST