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Please is there a way and how can I check is my oracle database OK on my solaris I did not istall that database but on processes I can see there are lot of oracle processes running ..also I would like to use that database..

That was my first q and second: I can telnet that machine from my local Xp machine is there a tool that can help me to visualise my tables on solaris oracle installation something like mySQL Lite on windows...

Thanks a lot...sorryy if I miss category with this topic..

Regards

You can use sqlplus to login to the database locally and verify its working,

Also, you can install Oracle Client on Windows XP and connect to the database on solaris. You will get tools to view the tables and related things in GUI. If you dont want to install client, try some tools like TOAD or DBVisualizer which are very easy to use. Further to this, oracle has tools like iSqlplus and Enterprise manager that you can launch from a browser anywhere