hi list kala , thanx for listening ;o) no it is able to make connection now, bcuz now it is returning some ORA-ERROR , so it is atleast attempting to make connection with the database server. yes, earlier problem went away when i put a entry for server-machine in the /etc/hosts. will have to fix this ORA-Error now, downloaded JDBC developer's guide from oracle technet , will go thru it :o) > TNS Listener service (or something similar sounding - pardon my aging gray > cells) on your server - don't know about Linux.. > server is on unix machines , and we sure make lotta use of ur gray cells:o) Babu Kalakrishnan wrote: > > I assumed you were working with classfiles (after extracting the zip file > to the $HOME/oracle-blah-blah-blah). Whenever you're working with a .zip > or .jar file, the CLASSPATH should include the name of the zip/jar file. > > As for the connection problem - it could be DNS or check if you have the > Oracle Server listening for client connections. On NT you've to start the > Kala > -- ---- you can't make sense by noting nonsense in your notebook Rajeev Jha Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tring Tring : +91(20)5424301 Xtn: 1126 web: http://www.rajeevjha.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the 'What to do before posting to the list' site for a list of things to try before posting. The site is at http://botsie.tripod.com/beforeposting/
