Re: WebDB / Net8

Mac Schwarz <mac_at_phil.uni-erlangen.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I've installed Webdb 2.0.5.6.1 and WebDB Listener 2.0.5.6.1
> on Sparc Solaris 7. The installation completed without
> errors but in the release notes is a note that the
> tnsnames.ora in ORACLE_HOME/net80/ should be appended with
> the WEBDB service alias.

That's a typo. The person who wrote it was probably thinking of NT, where there is a net80 directory.

On Solaris, the directory is called network.  

>
> I'm running Oracle 8i Sparc Solaris with Net8 8.0.5 but
> there's no 'net80' directory in my whole oracle installation
> tree.
>
> Adding the entry in the tnsnames.ora in
> ORACLE_HOME/network/admin does not help: I'm always getting
> a 'TNS could not resolve service name' error by trying to
> access http://server:port/WebDB/WEBDB.home.
Check to see if TNS_ADMIN is set in your environment. If it is, either put the alias in $TNS_ADMIN/tnsnames.ora or unset TNS_ADMIN.
>
> Can anybody confirm the existance of a directory named
> ORACLE_HOME/net80/ at his/her Solaris Oracle 8i / Net8
> installation?
>
> Regards,
> mac
>
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