Re: How to start working with Oracle

You better talk to your sys/admin. SCOTT/TIGER is the sample username/password combination used in most examples in reference books; it is generally not a valid combination for operational databases -- although one might be surprised. The connect string is usually in the form of NAME.WORLD, and specifies which database you wish to connect to (as there might be more than one!). Speak to someone in your organization who knows. And get ORACLE:The Complete Reference from Oracle Press; this book was invaluable for me when I began with Oracle.

Good luck!

Joost Ouwerkerk
Development Analyst
HSC Foundation

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997 17:51:02 +0200, wu jiannan <tw52417_at_vub.ac.be> wrote:

>I'm a beginner of Oracle. Here i'm working on a NT workstation and a
>bundle of client Oracle programs were installed. I really don't know
>where to start. I think the SQL plus is the start point. But I don't
>know what does the logon screen mean. Should I get a special account
>from the system administor, or there is some tricky thing when starting?
>I have tried SCOTT/TIGER without a host string, the connection failed.
>What's the host string?
>Thanks in advance!
Received on Tue Jun 17 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT