Re: Stand-Alone Rookie

Hi Arthur, you said...
> Hello.
> I'm hoping that someone will spare me a couple of minutes on this.
> I have downloaded the latest version of the
> Oracle9i Developer Suite Release 2 (9.0.2.0.1) for Windows (NT/2000/XP)
>
> I have windows XP Home Ed. non networked.
>
> I have this in my tnsnames.ora
>
> # TNSNAMES.ORA Network Configuration File:
> C:\OraHome1\network\admin\tnsnames.ora
> # Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
>
> TALLY =
> (DESCRIPTION =
> (ADDRESS_LIST =
> (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = THost)(PORT = 1521))
> )
> (CONNECT_DATA =
> (SERVICE_NAME = TSid)
> )
> )
>
> But can't find a username/password/Host combination that works.
>
> Could someone tell me what I need to do to set up a database please?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Arthur.
>

I don't know what error you're getting (which would help to determine what might be wrong). The HOST= name should be the same as what you see when you open a DOS window and type 'hostname' (you also need to make sure your sqlnet.ora file doesn't have a DEFAULT_DOMAIN entry). The SERVICE_NAME= should be whatever you specified when you created your database at the end of your install.

I'll stop here until you supply an error code (something like TNS-...).

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