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Re: Listener Problem

From: Gregory Conron <gconron_at_hfx.andara.com>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 21:03:40 -0300
Message-Id: <10487.105000@fatcity.com>


On Thu, 04 May 2000, Balu Sethuram Srinivasan wrote:
> Dear Oracle gurus,
>
> I am having a problem to connect to my database server, which is Oracle
> 8.0.4 under Windows NT.
>
> Whenever I am trying to connect from my PC, I am getting error message as
>
>
> ORA-12505: TNS: listener could not resolve SID given in connect descriptor

You have to update your tnsnames.ora file on your pc to connect to the server. It should be in your $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin directory on your pc.

Cheers,
GC

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Received on Thu May 04 2000 - 19:03:40 CDT

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