Using SID is for the same Machine... U need to Use Tnsnames. U may want to Use two_task setting there .. On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 23:38:35 -0500, Janine Sisk <janine@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I hope this isn't too a dumb of a question, but it's been years since I > last had to do this and Google isn't helping much. > > I have Oracle 9i installed on one server and am running sqlplus on > another. If I type "sqlplus user@SID" it works, but I'd like to be > able to drop the @SID part. I have a vague, quite possibly incorrect > memory that if you have ORACLE_SID set (which I do) SQL*Net will use it > when the local connect fails, but I haven't been able to get it to > work. > > Is it possible to do this, and if so, can anyone provide an example? > > Thanks, > > janine > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l