[Qgis-user] QGIS and Oracle native connection

[Jonathan Moules]

Bump.
Anyone? I'd love to try this and test it, but can't if I have no idea how
to even connect. Is there any documentation for it anywhere?
Thanks,
Jonathan


On 1 May 2013 15:35, Jonathan Moules <jonathanmoules at warwickshire.gov.uk>wrote:

> Hi List,
> I've got QGIS 1.9.0 based on a weekly nightly and it includes the new
> Oracle Spatial layer connection.
> Unfortunately the help is empty and I can't figure out what I should
> populate my fields with.
>
> There are 6 fields, Four are self explanatory, but I can't figure out the
> other two.
>
> Name - User-friendly string for me.
> Database - ???
> Host -???
>  Port - 1521
> Username - I know this.
> Password - I know this.
>
> My issue is with the "Database" and "Host" settings.
> In Oracle SQL Developer (from the same machine) I have the following that
> work:
> SID: gistest
> Hostname: 10.1.45.34
>
> But when I try this combination in QGIS, I get an ORA-12514 error ("TNS:listener
> does not currently know of service requested in connect descriptor").
>
> Any suggestions?
> Also, what do the bottom four checkboxes do? (The top two are self
> explanatory).
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>

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