Re: connect to database question

From: Uppili <sestri_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 16:32:29 -0500
Message-ID: <37408AED.8B8DB66C_at_hotmail.com>


[Quoted] Forms 5.0 uses Sql*Net 2.3 to connect to the server. Check if it is installed. [Quoted] Once installed you should see a directory - 'network' under the ORACLE_HOME. Modify the tnsnames.ora and try...
Good luck..

vagelis Hristidis wrote:

> We have installed Oracle8 o a PC that is connected to the Internet.
> I have installed Oracle 8 on another machine connected to the Internet and I
> created a TCP/IP alias for the Oracle server on the first PC.
> It works fine when I type this alias as a connect string in Sql*plus or OEM,
> but I get
> ORA-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist
> when I use this alias to connect in a Forms application(Forms 5.0).
> Does anyone know what I should do?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Vagelis
Received on Mon May 17 1999 - 23:32:29 CEST

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