RE: Listener weirdness?

BINGO! (Krish was right on, too) Local tnsnames at the top of the U: drive it is. Now - to find the culprit that left it lying around there......

Thanks,
-joe

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From: Andrew Kerber [mailto:andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:46 AM To: Sweetser, Joe
Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: Listener weirdness?

It probably means you are looking at a different tnsnames.ora file. Is there a tnsnames file in the directory you are in on the u drive?

On Nov 15, 2007 11:13 AM, Sweetser, Joe <JSweetser_at_icat.com> wrote:
> While testing something else (10g listener, 9i database) I came across

> something that is stumping me. Tnsping works "everywhere", but
> sqlplus only works from certain drives. Or, I should say, it does not

> work from one drive.
>
> Any/all links/ideas/commentary/explanations welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> -joe
>
> Listener is 10.2.0.1.0 (OracleXE, if that matters) Database is 9.2.0.1

> (EE, if that matters)
> C: is local (duh), U: and K: are mapped.
> All software installed locally on C:
> Listener.log shows the successful connections but not the failures.
>
> (On the U drive)
> U:\>tnsping joe9test
>
> TNS Ping Utility for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
> on
> 15-NOV-2007 10:03:43
>
> Copyright (c) 1997, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
>
> Used parameter files:
> C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\network\admin\sqlnet.ora
>
> Used TNSNAMES adapter to resolve the alias Attempting to contact
> (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST =
> BIS6203.ICAT.COM)(PORT = 1521)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED)
> (SERVICE_NAME = joetest))) OK (30 msec)
>
> U:\>sqlplus system/joe_at_joe9test
>
> SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Thu Nov 15 10:03:56 2007
>
> Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
>
> ERROR:
> ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
>
> Enter user-name:
> U:\>c:
>
> (Over to the C drive)
> C:\>sqlplus system/joe_at_joe9test
>
> SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Thu Nov 15 10:04:12 2007
>
> Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
>
> Connected to:
> Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production With the
> Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options JServer Release
> 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
>
> SQL> exit
> Disconnected from Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 -
> Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
> JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
>
> (And now to the K drive)
> C:\>K:
>
> K:\>sqlplus system/joe_at_joe9test
>
> SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Thu Nov 15 10:04:20 2007
>
> Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
>
> Connected to:
> Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production With the
> Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options JServer Release
> 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
>
> SQL> exit
> Disconnected from Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 -
> Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
> JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
>
> (Back to U and the failure happens)
> K:\>U:
>
> U:\>sqlplus system/joe_at_joe9test
>
> SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Thu Nov 15 10:04:25 2007
>
> Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
>
> ERROR:
> ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
>
> Enter user-name:
> U:\>
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