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"Jackie" <jackie@nospaplanet51.zzn.com> wrote:

>
>"Turkbear" <john.g@dot.spamfree.com> wrote in message
>news:3qsu409f4uelq0c1vsa9imfr9971uptk94@4ax.com...
>> "Jackie" <jackie@nospaplanet51.zzn.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi I have installed oracle SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.7.0.0 and Oracle Reports
>> >6i - oracle1 to help me with my college work. However I cannot get into
>the
>> >report builder as I do not know what to put into the connect database
>field.
>> >I at present put system and manager in the user and password field for
>> >SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.7.0.0 but no matter what I put into the connect box
>I
>> >get and error message unable to connect to the specified database.
>> >
>> >I installed oracle on my computer at home so that I could practice my
>> >college work but it is not much good if I cannot practice report
>building.
>> >Any ideas?
>> >Thanks Jackie
>> >
>>
>> Did you, in addition to what you listed, actually create a database?
>   Yes I did create a database it is called jackie. there is also one called
>orac created when I installed the program.
>
>Jackie
>
Did you run the Sqlnet configuration wizard and, if so, what alias did you assign to those instances -
As a quick check, look into <youroraclehome>/network/admin
for a file called tnsnames.ora and see what aliases are in it.
Use one of those as the connect database entry.