Oralce on Ubuntu?

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Mon Oct 16 13:00:04 UTC 2006


stan wrote:

> OK, I reloaded the I386 version of the binaries, and I was able
> to apt-get install XE. Then I ran the configure script as instructed.
> 
> Then I se ORACLE_HOME, and added the appropriate directory to the
> path. Now sqlplus will start, but when I try to log in to the database,
> I get an error message about the tns:name being incorectly specified.
> I seached for tnsname.ora, and it does not seem to exist. Where should I
> create this file?
> 
Mine is:

/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/network/admin/tnsnames.ora

While I've added an entry there for a client's database, it looks to me like
the base file should have been created during the install - I don't recall
creating the XE entries:

# tnsnames.ora Network Configuration File:

XE =
  (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost(PORT = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVER = DEDICATED)
      (SERVICE_NAME = XE)
    )
  )

EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
  (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC_FOR_XE))
    )
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SID = PLSExtProc)
      (PRESENTATION = RO)
    )
  )

-- 
derek





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