Hi folks. Up til now I have been using PHP code on my NT Server running Apache to access an Oracle 9i database remotely. Everything works fine but now I will be migrating my files to an Apache server on the same machine as the Oracle database. My code currently access the database through TCP/IP but since the mechanism will be local now, I am wondering how that will be accomplished. Can it be done through IPC and if so, what is the notation? Currently, my connection code is as follows: $db = " (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = $host)(PORT = 1522))(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = etrack9i)))"; $connection = ocilogon("system","manager",$db); How should the above look if its a local connection? Tom Tsongas -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]