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Re: Oracle: Test connection does not work

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From: Kim Hellan
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 11:52
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I think I did set it all.
All you can set in the Microsoft OLE DB provider is:
- Database name (which I set to the Net8 service name)
  If I specify a non existing service name here, I get another error.
- User (set to 'scott')
- Password (set to 'tiger')

I don't know what else to set?

TIA,
Kim


"Vassiliev V.V." <news@vassilievvv.mtu-net.ru> wrote in message
news:3d75e084@newsgroups.borland.com...
> You did not set all necessary properties such as database name, user name,
> password etc.
>
>

>> "Kim Hellan"
> > I'm a newbie regarding ADO..
> >
> > I have made a simple BCB6 application using ADO.
> > The application is running on a Windows 2000 Server with an Oracle 8.0.5
> > client.
> > I use the PromptDataSource() function to call up the Data Link
Properties
> > dialog.
> >
> > When I try to create the connection string and test the connection
> (against
> > an Oracle 8.0.5 database) , I get a:
> > "Test connection failed because of an error in initializing provider.
> > ORA-06413: Connection not open."
> >
> > What am I missing?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Kim
> >
> >
>
>
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