>I'm just a newbie to Oracle. I have installed 8.1.6 and everything appeared to go properly. However, I am experiencing problems connecting.
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>I am logged on to NT as administrator and when from the sqlplus command line I enter ....CONNECT / AS SYSDBA....I receive a ORA-12560 TNS:protocol adapter problem.
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>I have searched the oracle web site and don't get any definitive corrective action for this error at least in my mind.
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>Anybody have any ideas as to what direction I can go from here.
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>Thanks,
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>Wayne Frenck

I don't actually try to connect to Oracle from the server Oracle is on so I do not understand your logon method. When you launch SQL*Plus, do you get a login form that asks for the User Name, Password and Host String? You need to use the Net8 Easy Config [found in the Admin Utilities of your Oracle Windows Program Group -- Start Button, Programs, etc.] to manage your host entries in the client TNSNAMES.ORA file.

If you are indeed already in SQL Plus, the syntax is:

connect username/password@hostname