Re: sql *net connect string

piperc_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if you could pass the username and password in the oracle7
> odbc driver setup. in sql *net connect string i was wondering if there was a
> was i could pass in the database information and the username and password.
> it is an inconveiniece opening the database and having to put in the username
> and password. does anyone know how to do this. i want to do this so that
> when i automate my database it will send of reports without asking me for a
> username and password.
>
> chuck
>
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When you start a report or a forms app you can pass the connect string directly:

C:\ORANT\BIN\F50RUN32.EXE C:\ORANT\BIN\myform.fmx scott/tiger_at_db_name

The structure is:

user/password_at_db_name

Where db_name must be defined via SQL Net Easy Configuration.

Marcel Received on Tue Jun 02 1998 - 17:43:37 CEST