1. Directly press sqlplus and press enter to start SQL * Plus. Entering the user and password will allow the user to log on to the default database.
C: \ Documents ents and Settings \ Administrator> sqlplus
SQL * Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0-production on
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Enter the User Name:
2. sqlplus user/password @ SERVICE_NAME will be connected to the specified database
C: \ Documents ents and Settings \ Administrator> sqlplus dbusername/password @ SERVICE_NAME
SQL * Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0-production on
Copyright (c) 1982,200 2, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Connect:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0-Production
With the partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
Jserver release 9.2.0.1.0-Production
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3. If you press sqlplus/nolog, SQL * Plus is enabled, but you do not log on to the Oracle database. Then you need to use the connect command to connect to Oracle
C: \ Documents ents and Settings \ Administrator> sqlplus/nolog
SQL * Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0-production on
Copyright (c) 1982,200 2, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
SQL> connect dbusername/password @ SERVICE_NAME
Connected.
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