Originally posted by DcsoBob
You also have to have tnsnames entry setup to do the BEQUEATH connection. this bypases the network and drops straight into the database. You have to be on the server where the instance is.
You don't need that either. In fact, you don't need any Oracle Net configuration files at all. You can delete your tnsnames.ora, listener.ora. sqlnet.ora and simmilar TNS stuff and you'll still have no problem connecting to your database. Simply set your ORACLE_SID and then run your application without specifying TNS service name. So for example instead of using

SQLPLUS SYSTEM/MANAGER@my_beq_entry

use

SQLPLUS SYSTEM/MANAGER