Re: Problem connecting to database with Oracle Discoverer 4

antonyliu2002_at_yahoo.com wrote:

> Yes, I know that you were talking about the file tnsnames.ora, and that
> is exactly the file I modified.
>
> When I mentioned the ODBC connection string, I was talking about the
> connection string we use in the connect dialog box as shown in the
> picture below:
>
> http://static.flickr.com/76/228299512_75fca56471_o.gif
>
> I am not sure if that connection string looks right. I do use that
> connectiong string to connect to the same database in my web
> application (in VB or C#).
>
> You know what I was talking about now?
>
> Thanks again.

In the "Connect" field type only the name of the alias you created in tnsnames.ora, which is MyDBName in your example. The same thing with any other client using Oracle NetClient for connection. Received on Thu Sep 07 2006 - 08:50:46 CEST