>>>If I can use sql*net/dev 2000 does that mean my tnsnames.ora is correct?
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>>Yes. Have you set up a connection in your DBC using this DSN?
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>>>Will it work if I modify it?
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>>Yes. Just don't mismatch all the parentheticals.
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>>>also id d:\orant\network\admin the correct one?
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>>Yes, if that is where you indicated the products were to be installed during installation.
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>I get confused at the server fillin dialog.
>I know the:Data source name
> Description
> user_name
> but server is where I wonder what to put in the IP, or server's name?
In your TNSNAMES.ORA file, you have something like:
AMCS = ....
You use AMCS for the server name. Think of this as an ALIAS for the server and all the parameters needed to connect to the SID.
Mark McCasland
Midlothian, TX USA