RE: ORA-12545

sorry for the incomplete mail.

ORA-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist Cause: The address specified is not valid, or the program being connected to does not exist.

Action: Ensure the ADDRESS parameters have been entered correctly; the most likely incorrect parameter is the node name. Ensure that the executable for the server exists (perhaps "oracle" is missing.) If the protocol is TCP/IP, edit the TNSNAMES.ORA file to change the host name to a numeric IP address and try again.

Now one possibility of receiving this error is that, you are entering server name in Host parameter in your tnsnames.ora file. Now this will give the above error if you do not have a entry of your server in your local machines Hosts file.Either make a entry of your server in Hosts file or replace parameter
Host = <server name> to <ip adddress> of your server in your tnsnames.ora.

Vikas

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[mailto:senthilkumar.nallathambi_at_tatainfotech.com] Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 12:24 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Hi gurus,

Anyone of u have come across the ora-12545 error? I am getting this error when i am trying to connect from sqlplus 8.1.6 to 8.1.5 database. The error message is

Error:
ORA-12545 Connect failed because target host or object does not exist.

This happens from one m/c alone. Even from this machine tnsping is ok to this database.

It connects from sqlplus 8.1.5 to the same db from another m/c.

The compatible parameter for the database is 8.1.0.

I am not able to find the error message help for this particular error from the manuals also.

Waiting for ur replies. Any help will be of great use.

NS.

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Author: SENTHILKUMAR NALLATHAMBI
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