How to create a service name

Question

I've installed Oracle10g XE on laptop with WinXP SP2 and I am trying to figure out how can I create a service name on my host, so that I could connect from a remote PC in my XE database. Do I need to install 10g client?
tks in advance

Answer 1

499552,
On your laptop you will need to get into the XE web interface as an administrator (ie system) and allow access from remote clients.
To do this:
Select Administration then there is a menu item on the RHS of the window "Manage HTTP access", then select "Available from local server and remote clients" and Apply changes.
Then you should be able to access the web interface in a client browser using the URL http://yourlaptopname:8080/apex
If you need to access the database via sqlplus or other tool then you should install the 10g client on the remote PC and setup a tnsnames.ora file entry like
XE =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = yourlaptopname)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = XE)
on the client.
This assumes you have pretty much a default install and you can then connect using
sqlplus user/password@xe
HTH
Greg