Re: Installing a new client 9.2 (SERVICE_NAME --> SID)

Ashish Gupta wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We were trying to install a new oracle client on a PC. The client
> version is 9.2.
>
> After the installation, we could not connect to the server (on a
> solaris machine).
>
> We needed to modify the tnsnames.ora to be able to connect. We had to
> replace SERVICE_NAME by SID.
>
> Please can you tell me if this is the normal way of installing the
> Oracle Client, or did we make some mistake.
>
> Thanks a lot for your kind help.
>
> Regards,
> Ashish

It is normal to run netca.exe: What is the version of the server?

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University of Washington
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