Re: How to connect to ORACLE server using PowerBuilder 3.0

In article <31hekl$ohd_at_news.icaen.uiowa.edu>, Bhaskar Venkata Cholasamudram <bhaskar_at_icaen.uiowa.edu> wrote:
>I am trying to connect to an ORACLE server using Powerbuilder3.0.
>The powerbuilder I have runs on a PC that has TCP/Ip installed. And I would
>like to connect to an ORACLE server on the internet. How do I go about doing
>that. I followed some of the instructions provided by PowerBuilder and
>tried setting the database preferences.
>The string to connect to an Oracle server was given as
>_at_T:servername.
>I am a complete novice at connecting to a remote database server.
>I would really appreciate any pointers to connect to the
>remote oracle server.

You need another piece of middleware called SQL*Net that you must get from Oracle. There is other software that can be used instead of Oracle's SQL*Net but I really don't know anything about them. Also, your connection string should probably be more like _at_T:serveraddress/port:databasename.

If you have any problems setting up SQL*Net, let me know.

Good luck.

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