Re: Q: Has anyone managed to get Personal Oracle v7 to run on a standalone

In article <D2rrpA.5BG_at_cix.compulink.co.uk>, cwg_at_cix.compulink.co.uk ("Chun Wong") wrote:

>I've just spent 3 hours downloading a trial copy of Personal Oracle,
>which installed fine without errors, but I'm unable to start the database
>as I keep getting an ORA-03121 error saying SQL*Net isn't loaded when I
>try to connect.
>
>I've rtfm and it keeps saying you need to specify the network string!
>
>Does this mean that I have to have a network running with SQL*Net
>installed before I can use this program, is there a way of telling Oracle
>to use the local hard disk?
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Many thanks
>Chun

This question is answered on the very Web site you downloaded Personal Oracle7 from:

http://www.oracle.com/support/personalOracle7/po7-tips.html

--Doug

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Doug Bitting
Oracle Worldwide Customer Support
Apple Desktop Products Group
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