RE: ORA-12514

Hi Brian ,    

    U need to define the service name in your TNSNAMES.ORA file ...Or use NET8 Easy Config define to define that .. U can find the TNSNAMES.ORA under Oracle home ....It looks like the following :

Service Name .WORLD =
  (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(Host = Server IP Address)(Port = 1521))     )
    (CONNECT_DATA = (SID = Service Name ))

 )

Substitute the values of Service Name , Server IP Address as required  

Regards

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian King [SMTP:brian_at_starntech.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 7:50 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: ORA-12514
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am new to Oracle and am having problems getting started. I have
> installed
> Oracle (8.1.7) on a Windows 2000 Server and have no problems connecting on
> that machine (without specifying a host string). However, when I try to
> connect to it remotely (on a different domain) I get and error (ORA-12514:
> TNS:listener could not resolve SERVICE_NAME given in connect descriptor).
> I
> tested the listener and it is running. I have searched all over for help
> and
> cannot find any. I am simply tryin to connect remotely in order to begin
> developing VB apps in the future. Thanks for any input...
>
> Brian King
> mailto:brian_at_starntech.com
>
>
>
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