Client Setup

From: BayAreaKen <misterken_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Mar 2005 21:50:18 -0800
Message-ID: <1110001818.719844.33910@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

Just installed 10g onto a WinXP Pro computer.

I want to install the Oracle client onto a workstation now. My question is how do I "connect" the client to the server. I know in the past the Oracle DBAs have created the entry in my tnsnames.ora file. But I also know there is the sqlnames.ora file. Which would be the appropriate one to setup? Is the tnsnames.ora file outdated now and the sqlnames.ora file used now?

What information do I need to get from the server in order to define the client so that it connects?

Thanks.

Ken Received on Fri Mar 04 2005 - 23:50:18 CST