Re: SQL*Net/Windows Question

From: Dennis Moore <dbmoore_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 14:58:27 GMT
Message-ID: <1994Apr27.145827.4958_at_oracle.us.oracle.com>


In article <ken.boff-270494091217_at_lyman-191.gatech.edu> ken.boff_at_business.gatech.edu (Ken Boff) writes:
>I was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem I'm
>experiencing with SQL*Net in a Windows environment. I'm trying to
>connect to a remote oracle database on a Sun server. When I try
>to connect in native DOS mode, everything works fine and I get a
>nice client/server connection for both SQL*Plus and SQL*Forms.

You shouldn't use DOS SQL*Net from Windows.

>When I get into Windows, however, SQL*Plus and Forms v4 can't
>make the connection to the Sun server. Instead, I get the
>following error message:
>ORA-03121: No interface driver connected- function not performed.

I'm not sure, but if you *do* use the DOS SQL*Net drivers in this UNSUPPORTED configuration, I think you have to use Windows in STANDARD mode (i.e. win /s to invoke Windows).

Hope this helps ... -- Dennis Moore, my own opinions, etcetcetc

>I get this message regardless of whether I have started the
>Netinit7 utility.
>
>Does anyone know how to correct this?
>
>Ken Boff
>Georgia Institute of Technology
>Atlanta, GA
>ken.boff_at_business.gatech.edu
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Received on Wed Apr 27 1994 - 16:58:27 CEST

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