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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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That did it!  I was entering the Netware server name instead of the name that was assigned in
Easy*Net.  The BDE SERVER NAME field is rather confusing in exactly what it needs to have.

Thank you, very much.  We've been fighting this for about a week now.

Glen Zimmerman

"Jeff Overcash (TeamB)" wrote:

> Should just be something like Alibaba_DB.  Alibaba_DB should be the Oracle Alias
> you set up using the SQL Easy*Net application (whatever you called it there).
> Make sure that you can connect first with the SQL Easy*Net and also SQL Plus to
> make certain the Oracel Alias is setup up correctly first.
>
> Glen Zimmerman wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
>
> --
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