Thanks to you and all who replied! I'm glad it wasn't a figment of my imagination. :) janine On Nov 7, 2004, at 8:50 AM, Carel-Jan Engel wrote: > set TWO_TASK in your environment to the correct connect-string alias. > It > is not a fall-back thing, it simply directs the connect to use the > specified connect-string. > Best regards, > > Carel-Jan Engel > > === > If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) > === > > On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 05:38, Janine Sisk wrote: > >> 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 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l