> > Has anyone been able to install a Oracle client on Fedora Core 4? > > I followed the instruction at > > http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/10g/OracleDB10gR2InstallationOnFedora5.php > > with no success. > > FWIW, I've had good luck with (what I think is called) the "Oracle > Instant Client" (from Oracle's web site) on x86_64. I only use it for > rudimentary scripts, though. Once I have the "Oracle Instant Client" installed how do I resolve ERROR: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified when using sqlplus to connect to Oracle?
Again, my usage is pretty basic, but FWIW I use "connection strings" like the following: prompt$ sqlplus my_user/my_pass@db_host:1521/my_db
