I'm CCing php-db again. Fred Silsbee wrote: > This worked: >> sqlplus hr/hr@LMKIIIGD > so I tried: (didn't work) > if ($conn=oci_connect('hr', 'hr', '//localhost/LMKIIIGD')) Excuse me repeating the example PHP code I gave earlier for this SQL*Plus case: Or if you connect like: sqlplus hr/hrpwd@LMKIIIGDNSID then use $c = oci_connect("hr", "hrpwd", "LMKIIIGDNSID"); Since you have a different password and SID, your code would be: $c = oci_connect("hr", "hr", "LMKIIIGD"); This assume Apache (or the PHP command line) has the same environment as SQL*Plus - your post didn't mention whether it does or not. Also, running <?php phpinfo(); ?> will show you where your php.ini file is. Edit php.ini and set display_errors=On for purposes of debugging (don't leave it on in production applications) Chris -- Email: christopher.jones@xxxxxxxxxx Tel: +1 650 506 8630 Twitter: http://twitter.com/ghrd Free PHP Book: http://tinyurl.com/f8jad -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php