From: Fred@isp.com   
      
   Found my problem - missing a ":" between the thin and the "@".   
   "Fred"  wrote in message   
   news:H6%Ib.24040$I07.60172@attbi_s53...   
   > Hi,   
   >     I'm new to Oracle.  I've got 9i setup on a Windows 2000 machine, named   
   > "Jackie", and using the userid of "Scott" with password "Tiger", I can do   
   > SQLPLus commands to my hearts content.  From a second machine, I can even   
   do   
   > iSQLPlus to "Jackie", great.   
   > On the second machine, I'm trying to establish a JDBC connection using the   
   > string     Connection conn =   
   >   
   DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin@jackie:1521:Global1","scott","   
   > tiger");  (SID is Global1).   
   > I am receiving the following error: Invalid Oracle URL specified .  I'm   
   > trying to turn tracing on to get more information on the "Jackie" system,   
   > but I'm not even sure that I'm getting out of the system that the Java app   
   > is being run on.   
   > Questions:   
   > 1) Does the database URL look okay?   
   > 2) Is there source for the Oracle JDBA stuff somewhere so I can step   
   through   
   > in debug?   
   > 3) How does one turn tracing on in Oracle so I can get more information as   
   > to what is wrong?   
   >   
   > Thanks.   
   >   
   >   
      
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