Connecting to Remote Database using Debian w/Oracle XE

Question

Hello.
I have managed to install Oracle XE on a Debian box.
I am trying to connect to a remote server located on my network.
I am using the following connection string:
# sqlplus <User>/<Password>@'(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=<IP>)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=<SID>)))'
However, I was given both a SID and a Service_name.
I tried connecting with both.
Is it possible to parametrize both? I checked and the remote server is up, and that is the existing port.
Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

user603592 wrote:
Hello.
I have managed to install Oracle XE on a Debian box.
I am trying to connect to a remote server located on my network.
I am using the following connection string:
# sqlplus <User>/<Password>@'(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=<IP>)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=<SID>)))'
However, I was given both a SID and a Service_name.
I tried connecting with both.
Is it possible to parametrize both? yes, see below
bcm@bcm-laptop:~$ sqlplus -h
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Use SQL*Plus to execute SQL, PL/SQL and SQL*Plus statements.
Usage 1: sqlplus -H | -V
    -H             Displays the SQL*Plus version and the
             usage help.
    -V             Displays the SQL*Plus version.
Usage 2: sqlplus [ [<option>] [{logon | /nolog}] [<start>] ]
  <option> is: [-C <version>] [-L] [-M "<options>"] [-R <level>] [-S]
    -C <version>   Sets the compatibility of affected commands to the
             version specified by <version>.  The version has
             the form "x.y[.z]".     For example, -C 10.2.0
    -L             Attempts to log on just once, instead of
             reprompting on error.
    -M "<options>" Sets automatic HTML markup of output.  The options
             have the form:
             HTML [ON|OFF] [HEAD text] [BODY text] [TABLE text]
             [ENTMAP {ON|OFF}] [SPOOL {ON|OFF}] [PRE[FORMAT] {ON|OFF}]
    -R <level>        Sets restricted mode to disable SQL*Plus commands
             that interact with the file system.     The level can
             be 1, 2 or 3.  The most restrictive is -R 3 which
             disables all user commands interacting with the
             file system.
    -S             Sets silent mode which suppresses the display of
             the SQL*Plus banner, prompts, and echoing of
             commands.
  <logon> is: {<username>[/<password>][@<connect_identifier>] | / }
           [AS {SYSDBA | SYSOPER | SYSASM}] [EDITION=value]
    Specifies the database account username, password and connect
    identifier for the database connection.  Without a connect
    identifier, SQL*Plus connects to the default database.
    The AS SYSDBA, AS SYSOPER and AS SYSASM  options are database
    administration privileges.
    <connect_identifier> can be in the form of Net Service Name
    or Easy Connect.
      @[<net_service_name> | [//]Host[:Port]/<service_name>]
     <net_service_name> is a simple name for a service that resolves
     to a connect descriptor.
     Example: Connect to database using Net Service Name and the
           database net service name is ORCL.
        sqlplus myusername/mypassword@ORCL
     Host specifies the host name or IP address of the database
     server computer.
     Port specifies the listening port on the database server.
     <service_name> specifies the service name of the database you
     want to access.
     Example: Connect to database using Easy Connect and the
           Service name is ORCL.
        sqlplus myusername/mypassword@Host/ORCL
    The /NOLOG option starts SQL*Plus without connecting to a
    database.
    The EDITION specifies the value for Session Edition.
  <start> is: @<URL>|<filename>[.<ext>] [<parameter> ...]
    Runs the specified SQL*Plus script from a web server (URL) or the
    local file system (filename.ext) with specified parameters that
    will be assigned to substitution variables in the script.
When SQL*Plus starts, and after CONNECT commands, the site profile
(e.g. $ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/admin/glogin.sql) and the user profile
(e.g. login.sql in the working directory) are run.  The files may
contain SQL*Plus commands.
Refer to the SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference for more information.
bcm@bcm-laptop:~$