Re: Personal Oracle

"Hans Forbrich" <forbrich_at_yahoo.net> wrote in message news:3FA952F5.20A7C51D_at_yahoo.net...
> "Anna C. Dent" wrote:
> >
> > Marek Gazda wrote:
> > > Please could you help me?
> > > I installed Personal Oracle 8.0.4 on win98.
> > > How could I connect to local database by ODBC driver.
> > With Personal Oracle network connections are NOT supported/included.
>
> Personal Oracle is intended as a single user system and is licensed by
> named user. There is no reason or requirement to have the
> database/instance on the same system as the user.
>
> As far as I can tell, it is possible (and permitted) to interact with
> the database over a network. For more info - check ORACONCT in
> metalink.

hans is absolutely correct. you can use the Net Assistant to create the network files, then minimally click start/run and enter "lsnrctl start". a TCP connection to 127.0.0.1 will simulate connections you make in a corporate production environment.

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