If your client machine runs Win95/NT, set the variable LOCAL (or REMOTE) to the
value of the database alias in the Registry (under the key
\LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE).
For a UNIX client, set the TWO_TASK environment variable in the user's .profile
file.
Hope this helps.
Michael Serbanescu
apara_at_bigfoot.com wrote:
>
> I have installed Oracle Server 7.3 on a server machine. There it works fine.
> I have installed a Client component of the installation on another machine.
> Every time I run any of the tools I need to specify what database alias I will
> be connecting to.
>
> How do I make my client machine always connect to the "default" database which
> I have setup on my server (the same way it works on the server). I have
> searched for some sort of a default flag in the configurations, but I am
> unable to find it.
>
> Since I have only one database (the one which was installed by default) I want
> to have my client automatically connect to that database when the service
> field is left blank in most of Oracle applications.
>
> Thanks.
> -AP_
>
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Received on Sun May 10 1998 - 03:30:41 CDT
