From: Grinnell Almy <galmy@webvision.com>
Subject: ODatabase.Open
Date: 1997/05/05
Message-ID: <336E6337.70AC99E@webvision.com>#1/1
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
Organization: WebVision Inc.
Reply-To: galmy@webvision.com
Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc,comp.databases.oracle.tools,comp.databases.oracle.server




Hello, world... I'm a Visual C++ (v4) programmer, trying to write a
program using Oracle Objects for OLE C++. Specifically, I'm trying to
open an Oracle database using the ODatabase.Open() method. The first
parameter is the database name. I just want to open the starter database
that is installed along with the server. But no matter what name I try
to use for the database, when the Open() method is executed, I get the
error message "Error -2147221008 creating instance."

What the heck is the database name? How can I find out? Or am I missing
something here? FYI, the OracleServiceORCL and OracleStartORCL services
are running.

Any help will be appreciated.