Re: Problem configuring Oracle ODBC for PO7

In article: <DEMJ4K.Iww_at_dorsai.org> dwong_at_news.dorsai.org (Dave Wong) writes:
>
> I have trouble configuring the ODBC drivers that comes with
 Personal
> Oracle 71. I keep getting the message ORA-03121: no interface driver
> connected - function not perform when I tried to test the connection
> using the ODBC test program. I use the connect string "oracle7=2:" in
 the
> ODBC setup. Is there anything else that I have to do to get it to
 work???
>
 

You only need either "oracle7" or "2:" as the connect string. When Oracle installs, it creates an alias "2:". Therefore this alias can be used, or the full name, oracle7.

I've no idea why it chooses 2: as an alias though, seems pretty obscure to me.

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