Help on setting up the link to MS Access

Question

I'm doing a little test, which is to link MS Access database from Oracle92. I have read through the forum but still I can't make it work. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong.
Setup a System DSN, called MSACCESS, with Microsoft Access Driver in ODBC Data Source Administrator. The path to System Database (system.mdw) is C:\Progra~1\Microsoft Office\Office
Create initMSACCESS.ora under c:\oracle\ora92\admin\ and the content of the file is:
HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO = MSACCESS
HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL = DEBUG
In listener.ora, I have the following under SID_LIST_LISTENER:
(SID_DESC =
(PROGRAM = hsodbc)
(SID_NAME = MSACCESS)
(ORACLE_HOME = C:\oracle\ora92))
In tnsnames.ora, I have:
MSACCESS =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = kenneth)(PORT = 1521)))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = MSACCESS))
(HS = OK))
I restart my computer and go to Oracle Enterprice Manager Console. I create a database link, which sql is:
CREATE DATABASE LINK "MSACCESS" CONNECT TO "ADMIN" IDENTIFIED BY "password" USING 'MSACCESS'
<At this point, I try to test the connection but it says the connection is inactive>
I go to sql+ stylesheets and issue the following sql:
select * from states@MSACCESS
And I get the following[i]Long postings are being truncated to ~1 kB at this time.

Answer 1

Actually, I can do the query in SQL *Plus.  I just can't do the query on SQL scratchPad.
However, I can only say:
select * from states@MSACCESS
I cannot say:
select name from states@MSACCESS
The error message is 'NAME' invalid identifier.
I try to say
select s.name from states@MSACCESS s
but still doesn't work.