I have only a database to work with?!!

Hello,
I am working for a company that is moving from one old application to a new application.
The old application was written by a company that has gone out of business and is offering no support at all.
I know SQL Server very well. However, I don't know Oracle. We have a username and password and need to get the data out of the Oracle Database.
If this were SQL Server, I would just log into Enterprise Manager and export the data.
1) I'm not sure how to get into Oracle.
2) I tried going into SQLPlus and it wanted a host string.
3) How do I find a host string?
4) If I have the access to the server and the database itself, how can I just see the tables?
Note: the database is still functioning because the folks are still using the old applicaiton during the transition.
I hope this makes sense, if not I would be glad to clarify.
If you can at least point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it!
Thanks

Oracle has an rdbms dictionary just like MS SQL Server. The view names are different.
Here is an introduction article that lists the most commonly used views
How do I find information about a database object: table, index, constraint, view, etc… in Oracle ? http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/object_info.html
You can also find an article on how to dump your data into delimited files on this site.
As far as the connect string goes on the database server look for a script that sets the Oracle environment for you perhaps called oraenv though many sites have their own script. But basically you just need to set $ORACLE_HOME to the Oracle home and $ORACLE_SID to the SID for the database. A (UNIX) ps -ef | grep pmon will give you the SID providing the database is running. Look in /etc/oratab to see what databases are available.
HTH -- Mark D Powell --

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