AW: Connection to The Database

Hi, check your sid in the url (jdbc:oracle:thin:@server:port:sid) for the jdbc-connection, for example: jdbc:oracle:thin:@www.oracle.com:1521:orcl.   for errorcode 12505 see oracle-documentation for details:   TNS-12505 TNS:listener could not resolve SID given in connect descriptor      Cau

AW: oracle and multi-charactersets (multilingual)

you can see in 8i documentation for details: books: 1.Oracle8i National Language Support Guide 2.Oracle8i Java Stored Procedures Developer's Guide 8 Reference Information NLS Character Set Support 3.Oracle8i SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference