Hi Lyndon,
Well I don't know about your setup, but I can connect just fine with the connect string you listed below on Win2K, Oracle 9.2.
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On 12/4/2002 2:09 PM, Lyndon Tiu <ltiu_at_alumni.sfu.ca> wrote:
>This is unfortunate or maybe just it's just an urban legend?
>
>Hands on training, may it be $$$ or self taught at home is necessary.
>But $$$ is
>definitely not a requirement.
>
>I use Oracle at work and do more Oracle at home for my certs. I am
>able to
>log-in to Oracle on Linux and Solaris. Oracle WinNT/2K is another
>story since
>you cannot really use:
>
>sqlplus /nolog
>connect / as sysdba
>startup
>
>as you would on Unix. Maybe this is what ticked the instructor off
>- a bunch of
>Unix Oracle guys can't log into Oracle on NT?
>
>--
>Lyndon Tiu
>
>
>Quoting DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>:
>
>> My instructor in a recent Oracle Education class said that there
>were a
>> couple of smart alecs that caused quite a stir within Oracle. After
>> receiving their OCP, they couldn't log into a database, and claimed
>it was
>> because they had never actually used Oracle. The instructor indicated
>that
>> the new requirement (9i I believe) would require you to take at
>least one
>> class. I asked "do you mean everyone that takes a class from you
>will be
>> logging on". He just grinned.
>> Dennis Williams
>> DBA, 40%OCP
>> Lifetouch, Inc.
>> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>>
>>
>> Hey people!
>>
>> A friend of mine was just asking me about getting Oracle certified
>(I
>> completed the Oracle 8i cerfication exams last year),
>> he told me that to his knowledge Oracle requires that you've done
>Oracle
>> courses before you can be certified now.
>> I knew nothing about this, but can't believe Oracle would so blatantly
>make
>> you take their over-priced courses.
>>
>> But maybe I'm just naive.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kieran Murray
>> CardBASE Technologies Limited®
>> BIM House
>> Crofton Road
>> Dun Laoghaire
>> Co Dublin
>>
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