You don't connect to a file, you use the database name that is configured in your Oracle tnsnames.ora file.
If you are running Oracle locally, use the IP for localhost in the configuration. http://www.orafaq.com/wiki/Tnsnames.ora On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Lewis Billingsley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > I don't know which forum is appropriate to ask this question, but I > thought I'd try here. My understanding still falls within the Newbie > catagory, I guess. But, I'm simply trying to connect at developers copy of > Oracle on my laptop to ColdFusion. I think there is a driver for Oracle where > you set up databases, but what file do you connect to? It was simple with > Access: You just put in the path and file name, but what file would I > connect to for Orac ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-server/message.cfm/messageid:6882 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-server/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-server/unsubscribe.cfm
