Re: Problem with Design/2000

Greg,

Greg Silverman wrote:

> We're having problems connecting to an 8i database on an NT machine with
> Design/2000 -- every time we try connecting to the service we get either
> a "could not resolve service name" or "lost contact" error.
>
> We are trying to connect via TCP/IP -- the "Test" in Net8 works fine as
> does connecting remotely via the Enterprise Manager. We have checked the
> tnsnames.ora file. Any ideas?
>

I guess, Designer2000 still use the Oracle 7 client. You have to install it,

and copy your Oracle config files to ../orant/rdbms/admin. When you test your connection vai "test", it goes via Oracle 8 client.

S.Peter Pohilko Received on Tue Jan 19 1999 - 00:00:00 CET