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How To Connect a SQL*Plus Session to an Oracle Server in Oracle?

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In order to connect a SQL*Plus session to an Oracle server, you need to:

1. Obtain the connection information from the Oracle server DBA.

2. Define a new "connect identifier" called "FYI_XE" in your tnsnames.org file with the given connection information.

3. Run the CONNECT command in SQL*Plus as shown in the tutorial exercise below:

>cd c:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\
>.\bin\sqlplus /nolog
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Tue ...
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

SQL> CONNECT fyi/retneciyf@FYI_XE;
Connected.

SQL> SELECT SYSDATE FROM DUAL;

SYSDATE
---------
05-MAR-06

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