You need to have the Oracle client installed on that box with the SQL*Net
connection able to reach the server. If you have installed the client you
should have gotten the ODBC drivers anyway.
Darren
Gary.Moore_at_lmco.com wrote in message <6tj9mm$sc6$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>I am trying to use MS Excel and MS Access as a front end to view databse
>information on an AIX machine running Oracle SQL database. I went to
>oracle.com and downloaded the ODBC 7 drivers for Win95, and installed them
on
>the machine. Through Excel, I tried to add a new Data Source, but when I
get
>to the username/password dialog window, it says it can't connect to the
>server. All network connections are working (telnet, etc...).
>
>Anyone know anything that I am missing?
>
>Thanks in Advance,
>Gary
>
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Received on Tue Sep 15 1998 - 23:25:09 CDT
