title: Connecting to Oracle DB (on VMware ) using VS 2008?
body: <p><strong>OBJECTIVE:Developing C# ADO.NET apps on Win7 with Oracle 10g running on XP in a VM</strong></p>
  
  <p>i am trying to connect to oracle DB running on VMware workstation XP from Visual Studio 2008 but the connection is not successful when checked in Data>Add New Data Source in Visual Studio</p>
  
  <p>-In VMware
  Tried NAT,Bridged Mode.I am able to ping ips from host and vm.Firewall on XP and 7 are turned off</p>
  
  <p>-In Oracle 10g running on Windows XP SP2
  hostname is "vmxp1" when checked with "UTL_INADDR.get_host_name"</p>
  
  <p>Is there any configurations i have to make on Oracle or XP . i am using the scott/tiger as pwd.</p>
  
  <p>i am also not able to access iSQL*plus from VM or Win7 when using appropriate IPs</p>
  
  <p>How will i connect to Oracle DB from Win7?>>a little search revealed Oracle client but i am confused between sql* plus client,instant client,oracle client. are these different products.</p>