Unable to connect.. Please help

[waseem soomro]

Actually i m new to, Oracle.
I want to run SQL*Plus 8.0 , But i cant proceed.
There are three things: Username , password, HostString.
-------------i tried to give my username, and password of my windows but it doesnt work
-------------Should i give http://localhost:8080/ in the HOst StrinG.
I'll Appreciate if your prefer any specific page link to websites. Or Explain there..
Tnx in Advance.
WaseeM.

[Mark Spritzler]

User, password, and host are all in regards to Oracle. So your Windows user and password will do absolutely nothing. Well, that last sentence isn't exactly true, you can set up Oracle such that it will use the credentials from your user and password of windows as your user and password in Oracle. But the DBA needs to set this up and needs to as you as a user with that username and password.
The host string is going to be your tnsname. Located in your tnsnames.ora file in your ORACLE_HOME\network\admin directory.
Ask you DBA for your user and password name for Oracle. Actually asking your DBA should help you with all the necessary information to log in.
Mark