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Re: Connecting BDE To Oracle 8.1

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From: Glen Zimmerman
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 00:00
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What is the format for specifying the SERVER NAME in the BDE Admin utility?  I've tried
the following combinations (alibaba is the Netware server name, ORCL is the SID, and
1521 the port number):
    Alibaba
    Alibaba:1521:ORCL
    Alibaba:ORCL
    Alibaba/1521:ORCL

"Jeff Overcash (TeamB)" wrote:

> Glen Zimmerman wrote:
> >
> > The path is set correctly; however, I don't see any environment variable for
> > <OracleHome>.  Is this suppose to be set as well?
> >
>
> Yes.  Under Win9x it should be set in your autoexec.bat, under NT it is set in
> the environment options.
>
> > The vendor init is set to oci.dll and the dll32 is sqlora8.dll.
> >
>
> Good.
>
> > When I try to connect to the database through the BDE admin utility, I get the
> > error message:
> >     General SQL error.
> >     ORA-01041: internal error.  hostdef extension doesn't exist.
> >     Alias:  ORACLE
> >
>
> I've never seen this error message before.
>
> > I cannot find any reference that indicates where the hostdef extension is suppose
> > to be set.  Where is this set?
> >
> > Glen Zimmerman
> >
>
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