Re: connect to database question

I replaced the host name with its IP number address in Tnsnames.ora and it worked.

Vagelis

Uppili <sestri_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:37408AED.8B8DB66C_at_hotmail.com...
> Forms 5.0 uses Sql*Net 2.3 to connect to the server. Check if it is
installed.
> 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 Tue May 18 1999 - 11:25:31 CEST