Unable to connect Forms, Reports to Personal Oracle8i

Question

Hi everyone
I have installed Oracle 8i Personal Edition on Windows 98, and I have installed Oracle Developer. I am unable to connect to the Oracle Database from either Forms or Reports to the Personal Oracle Database. I tried connecting using
User : scott
password : tiger
database : oracle
orcl
<with no database>
But nothing helped..
I am able to connect to the database from SQLPLUS with no connect string.
I would appreciate, if someone could give me the solution for this problem.. and if it is possible to do so.
Thanks in advance
Satish
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Answer 1

This is what I tried:
1. sqlnet.ora, listener.ora and tnsnames.ora are in the C:\oracle\ora81\NETWORK\ADMIN directory.
2. sqlnet.ora and tnsnames.ora are in the C:\ORAWIN95\NET80\ADMIN directory (On my machine the
sqlnet.ora and tnsnames.ora file belong in the C:\ORAWIN95\NET80\ADMIN directory rather than ORAWIN95\NETWORK directory)
3. Here is what my listern.ora file looks like:
# LISTENER.ORA Network Configuration File:#
C:\oracle\ora81\network\admin\listener.ora
# Generated by Oracle Net8 Assistant.
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC0))
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = HAL-9001)(PORT = 1521))
(DESCRIPTION =
(PROTOCOL_STACK =
(PRESENTATION = GIOP)
(SESSION = RAW)
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = HAL-9001)(PORT = 2481))
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = C:\oracle\ora81)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
4. Here is what my tnsnames.ora file looks like:
# TNSNAMES.ORA Network Configuration File:#
C:\oracle\ora81\NETWORK\ADMIN\tnsnames.ora
# Generated by Oracle Net8 Assistant.
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC0))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = PLSExtProc)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
ORACLE =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = HAL-9001)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVICE_NAME = oracle)
(SID = ORCL)
5. Here is what my sqlnet.ora file looks like:
TRACE_LEVEL_LISTENER=OFF
TRACE_DIRECTORY=C:\ORACLE\ORA81\NETWORK\LOG
trace_level_client = off
trace_directory_client = c:\orawin95\net80\log
#sqlnet.authentication_services=(NONE)
names.directory_path=(TNSNAMES,HOSTNAME)
#names.default_domain=world
#name.default_zone=world
automatic_ipc = off# c:\oracle\ora81\network\admin\tnsnames.ora
TRACE_LEVEL_CLIENT=OFF
TRACE_DIRECTORY_CLIENT=C:\ORAWIN95\NET80\LOG
6. I start PO8i, Developer and the listener. All start ok.
7. Cannot connect from Forms Builder via scott/tiger/orcl
8. is the HOST setting supposed to be the HOST listed within my TCP/IP settings? If so, I tried that and it did not work.
any suggestions?
Chris Mazur
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