Re: Accessing Oracle Server through VB 3.0 for Windows

In article <g89r4281.747397097_at_alpha.ru.ac.za> g89r4281_at_alpha.ru.ac.za (Pundarik Ranchod) writes:
>I am trying to access our Oracle Server (version 6) which is installed
>on a SUN from Visual Basic 3.0 for Windows.
>SQL*Net for DOS has already been installed and works perfectly under FTP Inc.
How do you know it does? To my knowledge there are no ping-like utilities to show it is working. Unless you were able to make it work with SQL*PLUS, perhaps?

>The ORACLE.TXT file mentions SQL*Net for Windows ver 1.1.7.5. Do I now
>need to purchase this product ? Is there no way that SQL*Net for DOS will
>work under Windows.
We were able to most of our Windows apps to work with SQL*NET for DOS, but a couple required the Windows product. Just like SQL*NET for DOS, its a bitch to set-up.

While we havent tried with VB, we have with the following Windows products: Clear Access, DataPrism, Realizer, GQL, and PowerBuilder.

There are so many things to check: your CONFIG= in autoexec.bat, parameters in config.ora, SERVICES file for FTP. If you want to send me copies of those (plus your config.sys) Ill be glad to have a look.

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Mark Aurit
Northrop Corporation
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