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What do I have:
Oracle DB located in the network,
Oracle FORMS 6i with which i can connect to the database (using only login / password / db name)
I've found out that OF6i connects to 192.168.1.11:1521 to access the DB

Can I access the same DB with PB commands? Or UseODBCDatabase() / OpenDatabase() works only with local DB?

Hi Machiavelli,

ODBC can also connect to 'remote' databases.
So if you have an ODBC driver for your Oracle database it is no problem.

Than you can use UseODBCDatabase()
and the PB database commands.

Bernd

Well, i do have the driver. But i cant find anything about connecting to remote DB in the help and OpenDatabase() receives only db name, login and password as parameters, nothing about the DB host.

Hi Machiavelli,

if you use ODBC, than you have to setup your connection inside your OS:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17952_01/ref ... ndows.html

If you want to create the DSN 'on the fly' look here:
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... hilit=ODBC
and here
http://www.connectionstrings.com/oracle#p17

Bernd