>>>If I want to be able to read an oracle8 table, do I need the odbc driver for foxpro or oracle? This is where I get confused.
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>>Use MS ODBC for Oracle. I have an article in KB under Articles, Client/Server that may help.
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>Mark, I have printed your article and have come to a roadblock. IN
>"The 4th field is the SQL*Net Connect String which, in
>my example TNSNAMES.ORA example above, would be MyDbName. That is all there is to this step."
>My 4th field field is asking for ~server~. What should be my SQL*Net Connect String ?

Have you created your TNSNAMES.ORA file? It will be found in x:\OraWin95\Network\Admin folder. The server name would be the variable name on the left side of the equal sign. That name would be a somewhat descriptive name of the database you are connecting to.