Personal Oracle 8 & D/2000

I'm trying to make D/2000 ( Forms 4.5.8.1.2 ) connect to a Personal Oracle 8.0.3 database, both running on the same Win95 PC. I have used SQL*Net Easy Config to try to set up the necessary service entries in ORACLEHOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora.

I've tried to use both TCP & SPX protocols - when I run the Forms Designer and choose File, Connect - entering SYSTEM/MANAGER and leaving the database name blank results in this message:

ORA-03121: no interface driver connected, function not performed

SQL*Plus 8 works just fine - no database connection string needs to be entered, just a user name and password. SQL*Plus 3 does not connect to the running database at all - although I don't think that's important, except for that this is used to create some of the sample data for working with D2000.

I was advised that I needed to create a "tnsnames" entry that specified the "Bequeath" drivers - when I try to modify my current entry to select this driver, I get a message specifying that the Bequeath driver is not installed.

I have looked on the PO8 installation CD and there is no appropriate driver - I have found the following drivers and installed these on my hard disk:

Oracle SPX Protocol Adaptor V2.3.3.0.0A Oracle SPX Protocol Adaptor V8.0.3.0.1
Oracle TCP/IP Protocol Adaptor V2.3.3.0.0A Oracle TCP/IP Protocol Adaptor V8.0.3.0.1 Oracle Named Pipes Protocol Adaptor V2.3.3.0.0A Oracle Named Pipes Protocol Adaptor V8.0.3.0.1

Can anyone give me more information on where I can get these drivers and /or suggest why I cannot connect from Forms 4.5 to my database?

Thanks in advance ...

Jeremy Russell Received on Fri Jun 26 1998 - 14:34:29 CDT