tell me about it.  :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Burlison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 12:32 PM
To: Gold, Samuel (Contractor)
Cc: 'Christian Merz'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Oracle connect internal/OS authentification


Gold, Samuel (Contractor) wrote:

> Yes, I am aware of that, but you still need a username and password.  In
> SQL*Plus which is an Oracle specific application you can connect using "/
as
> sysdba"  which uses the operating system to verify if you belong to the
dba
> group.  Using DBD you cannot use the "/ as sysdba" to connect.  You can
use
> the ora_session_modes but you still need to pass a username and password.
> If you look at your code you are connecting as "SYS as SYSDBA" not "/ as
> sysdba".

Ah right, I see what you mean.  Bummer.

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Alan Burlison
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