Re: Oracle 8 and Designer2000

Hi Fadel,

Try putting the tnsnames.ora file that was created by Net8 into the \ORANT\NETWORK\ADMIN directory (make a backup of the tnsnames.ora) file already there. I suspect Designer/2000 is looking at this directory for its connection information.

Regards

Hassan Abba
Oracle DBA/Developer

Fadel wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm getting despaired here; It's been two weeks
> since I'm trying to connect to the local DB
> (starter DB oracle 8) via Designer2000. It seems
> to be a tnsnames file configuration problems. I
> used Easy Net config, and Net8 assistant to
> configure it. I'm wondering if I should use ODBC
> drivers and what protocol should I use to
> connecting to local DB.
> I using a stand-alone Compaq machine with Win95,
> Personal Oracle 8, Designer 2000 1.3.xx , no
> network software installed, not even a network
> card.
>
> Have anyone had experiences with this kind of
> problem or understands what I'm talking about
> here?
> Thanks
>
> Fadel
> fkamardean_at_msn.com
Received on Fri Jan 09 1998 - 00:00:00 CET