How to connect to a remote Oracle database
Here is how to connect to a remote Oracle database using SQLPlus: sqlplus user/pass@(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=protocol)(HOST=host)(PORT=port))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=sid))) Please note that the words in Italics represent variables: user – user name for the remote database pass – password for the remote database protocol – protocol used to connect to remote database, usually TCP host – IP address or hostname of the remote host port – remote …