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- From: sheep@tankgirl (Sheep T. Iconoclast)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
- Subject: Linking to SPARC based ORACLE using DBKit ?
- Keywords: DBkit ORACLE
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.180203.4193@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 18:02:03 GMT
- Organization: Bloomsbury Computing Consortium
- Lines: 53
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- Hi we just upgrade to Next Step 3.0 , and I noticed this pretty funky
- DBKit. We have some nothing but ORACLE running on a SPARC is
- possible people in another deparment working on a collaboartive project.
-
- I wanted to show off the Next Step by linking to there own database from
- our next machines (both on the Internet why not ?). As far as I understand
- you begin by createing a DBModel using the DBModeler.
-
- Stage 1. in DBModeler do new and Select the Adaptor.
- Ok Select ORACLE
- Stage 2. Fill in the link information
- SERVER ID, Hostmachine,Login, Password.
- for SERVER ID I used the setenv ORACLE_SID value let's say ualoracle
- for hostmachine i used fish (I tested and can ping fish ok).
- for login I used patric (they only have one user on the DB)
- for the password I used flatfish (the only password for the only user)
-
- I press the OK button and the same dialog box returns.
- QUESTION What's missing ? What's wrong ?
-
- The RTFM says "In general, if you can connect with Sybase's isql or
- Oracle's sqlplus, then you should be able to connect from DBModeler".
- OK I want to get this straight. Does this mean that
- a) you cannot link to a remote machine running SQL ie if you
- want to use the adapter then you must perchase Oracle first.
- b) You cannot link to a remote non next machine running Oracle
- ie you can only link to Oracle on remote Next.
-
- I have problems with this because they can talk to the Oracle
- server from some Macs they have in there department.
-
- As far as DBModeler goes why is there not any error messages. Networking
- with other machines is really really difficuly, error messages must come
- up
- to help work out who's at fault. I think this is a fundermental fault of
- client server computing.
-
- Will the DB modler link not go beyond the local gateway (they are in a
- diffrent
- department).
- We know the wacky symbols to type in like the
- "scott/tiget@T:alexandra:sjOracle"
- but cannot get to the Login string stage (shown later in the DBModeler
- documentation).
-
- I'm looking for help finding out what's going wrong. I know I get
- some Input/output packets at the first attempt but after that nothing.
-
- All help gratefully accepted
- sheep.
-
- Ps
- happy Xmas !
-