From: forbrich@yahoo.net   
      
   Javier wrote:   
   >   
   > Hello there   
   > As the subject says, I can't make run the client on my XP box.   
   > I tried editing the TNSNAMES.ORA, but it doesn't work   
   > somebody help me....   
      
   You are absolutely correct.   
      
   Oracle's 8.0.6 software (released somewhere around 1998/9) was likely   
   never officially tested or certified on the XP operating system   
   (released several years later).  There have been enough changes in both   
   products to make this combination completely incompatible and   
   irrelevant.   
      
   Is there any particularly good reason for trying to do this?   
      
   Since you are talking client, why not use a current client?  The current   
   ones should be compatible with 8.0.6 server if that's your concern.   
   (Although if it is, consider upgrading the server s/w)   
      
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