You need to add an entry to your local tnsnames.ora file.
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"Jonathan Gennick" <jonathan_at_gennick.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 01 Jun 2000 19:33:50 GMT, dhmac_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> >HP-UX(SI): sqlplus user1/user1_at_MYDB_DEV
> ><Successful connection to dev database>
> >But if I try to logon to the instance on the local server, I get an
> >error:
> >
> >HP-UX(SI): sqlplus user1/user1_at_MYDB_SI
> >
> >ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name
> ><snip>
> >Is there some option I can set to allow logins using UID/PWD_at_SID syntax?
>
> No. The reason you can connect to MYDB_DEV is undoubtedly
> because in your server's tnsnames.ora file you have MYDB_DEV
> defined. You should be able to define MYDB_SI as well (in
> tnsnames.ora), and then you should be able to connect using
> it.
>
> Jonathan
>
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