Hi Gabriel, From Metalink 231997.1 Try: HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO=3D"SQLSERVER\\instance2.Northwind"=20 HTH Patricia -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Aragon, Gabriel (GE Commercial Finance) Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 1:07 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Transparent Gateway for MSSQL not working Hi list, I was using TG from 9.2 Win2k to SQL2k w/o problems, in the =3D initmssql.ora file located on oracle_home\TG4MSQL, the configuration =3D was:=3D20 HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO=3D3D"SERVER=3D3DXX1;DATABASE=3D3DORACLEDB" but the original xx1 sql db was recreated as xx1\xx1: HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO=3D3D"SERVER=3D3DXX1\XX1;DATABASE=3D3DORACLE_GATEWAY" but this is not working, checking metalink docs says that for =3D server/instance syntaxis you have to use: <server>.<dbname>, but I also = =3D tried replacing "/" with dot "." and still not working. If someone has = =3D some experiencie specifying sql db's using this syntaxis or has some =3D suggestion, pls share it. The rest of the configuration is the same as = =3D the original one. TIA Gabriel -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l