[thelist] PHP/Oracle Connect Problems....

[Daniel J. Cody]

Sorry if I missed it, but from the command line, does

tnsping mlcor

work?

Chris Ditty wrote:
> Does anyone have a really simple connection script for connecting to
> oracle?  I had one a few years ago (literally) and have lost it.  I now
> need to try and connect again and can't.  Below is what I have tried.
>
> putenv("ORACLE_HOME=C:\ORANT");
> putenv("TNS_ADMIN=C:\ORANT\NET80\ADMIN"); putenv("ORACLE_SID=mlocr");
> $conn=ora_logon("mlocr_user at mlocr","password");
>
> This is the error that I get.
> Warning: Oracle: Connection Failed: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve
> service name in c:\program files\web_dev\apache\htdocs\mlocr\connect.php on
> line 6
>
> This is strange as I can connect via SQL+ with the same info.
>
> I have spent the last hour looking through online archives and haven't had
> any luck.