Re: Using VB 5.0 to connect to Personal Oracle

From: Eduardo da Cruz e Sá <ecs_at_dialdata.com.br>
Date: 18 Jul 1998 01:31:31 GMT
Message-ID: <01bdb2b4$f227e480$70c3dbc8@ecs.dialdata.com.br>

I think that the connect string is "2:" for Personal Oracle.

Eduardo Sa

@home <praghupathi_at_home.com> wrote in article <35B0A180.43D40968_at_home.com>...
> Hi folks,
>
> I am kind of new to this & am trying to find out how to connect to
> Personal Oracle 7.3 from Visual Basic. I figured I have the necessary
> code to make the connections but am unable to get past the "SQL Net
> Connect String" that we use to set up in the ODBC-32 in the control
> Panel.
>
> Data Source Name = "Oracle7 Database"
> Description = "Trial"
> SQL Net* Connect String = "????????"
>
> What should the this string be?
>
> Please advise as to how I could set up this DSN's using Control Panel &
> later use VB to connect to Oracle. I use Personal Oracle for Windows 95.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Sudarshan
>
Received on Fri Jul 17 1998 - 20:31:31 CDT