This is a beginner's question. After trying few configuration option I
always get a error message
General SQL Error
ORA-01041 Internal Error: extension hostdef doesn't exist (this is
translation)

Using Oracle 8.1.5 for Windows NT on Windows 2000 Server
BDE on workstation Windows 2000 Professional
TCP/IP connection

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Off hand I can think of one possibility and that is make sure that the
"databasename"
property of your TQueries and your TTables is set to the properly.

Regards,
AH

The error you get is because of the misconfigured driver.

Set the SERVER NAME parameter to an appropriate oracle alias either in
the Tdatabase components Params property, or configure the database
driver
in the BDE admin.

The server name is determined at the oracle client installation
and is stored in a file called TNSNAMES.ORA which is placed in
%ORAHOME%\NET80\ADMIN directory.

- Ali Avcy

Tomas,

The error you get is because of the misconfigured driver.

Set the SERVER NAME parameter to an appropriate oracle alias either in
the Tdatabase components Params property, or configure the database
driver
in the BDE admin.

The server name is determined at the oracle client installation
and is stored in a file called TNSNAMES.ORA which is placed in
%ORAHOME%\NET80\ADMIN directory.

- Ali Avci