You need to follow the steps below in order to use the Oracle command_line interface, i.e., sqlplus, which is available on the CCC machines.
0. You do:
First, you need to login to a ccc machine (such as, ccc.wpi.edu) with your Unix or your Windows password.
At your shell prompt (set to tcsh), you type in: source /usr/local/bin/csoraenv
Or, alternatively, at your shell prompt (with shell set to /bin/bash), you type in: source /usr/local/bin/oraenv
or, alternatively, you could link the file in permanently by: ln -s /usr/local/bin/coraenv coraenv
This would create a soft link linking a file "coraenv" in your home directory to an oracle initialization file located at /usr/local/bin/. You only need to do this ONCE to create the file "coraenv".
Or, alternatively, you can also create a file yourself called ".cshrc", with the content:
setenv PATH .
setenv ORACLE_BASE /usr/local/oracle
setenv ORACLE_HOME /usr/local/oracle11gr2/product/11.2.0/db_1
setenv PATH ${PATH}:${ORACLE_HOME}/bin
setenv ORACLE_SID cs
setenv TWO_TASK ${ORACLE_SID}
But if you do above, you need to be very careful so not to put any extra blanks or other end-of-line symbols into your .cshrc file.
For the other steps, namely steps 1~4 below, you need to do them every time when you want to connect to Oracle.
1. Login to ccc.wpi.edu:
ssh ccc.wpi.edu
2. Source the Oracle environment initialization file:
source coraenv
Or, alternatively, you could also have done
source .cshrc
This runs the initialization file that sets up some environment variables for Oracle. If it prompts "ORACLE_SID = [xxx]" where "xxx" is not "CS", answer "CS". If it prompts "ORACLE_SID = [CS]", just hit the ENTER key.
In 2011, we have oracle version of 11GR2g. The path is:/usr/local/oracle11gr2/product/11.2.0/db_1/bin
3. You now can start using Oracle by typing:
sqlplus
You should get the response like:
[rundenst@CCCWORK3 ~]$ sqlplus SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Mon Sep 12 09:53:53 2011 Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Enter user-name: rundenst Enter password: xxxx Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options SQL> SQL> exit Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options [rundenst@CCCWORK1 ~]$
4. Provide your username and password:
input your ORACLE USER NAME AND PASSWORD, as mentioned in class.
Once you sare be at the SQL-Prompt, you are able to create tables, etc. We suggest you to change your password immediately after you login to Oracle for the first time, by issuing the command passwd at the SQL prompt.
5. NOTE: If you are using some Oracle client software, the tnsnames.ora entry for this Oracle server instance is:
CS =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(Host = oracle.WPI.EDU)(Port = 1521))
)
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = CS)
(SERVICE_NAME = CS.WPI.EDU)
)
)