Re: CREATE DATABASE LINK

From: Jacques Desmazieres <nospam.jacques.desmazieres_at_is2france.com>
Date: 2000/07/19
Message-ID: <skhd5.52$jd3.282781@nnrp6.proxad.net>#1/1

Christian,

Have you tried to connect the remote database using sqlplus chris/tiger_at_wds in order to check first that you can access and connect the remote database?

Jacques

"Christian Bielzer" <christian.bielzer_at_sawis.de> wrote in message news:39755BA0.5ACA8949_at_sawis.de...
> I am having two 8.0.5 databases running on separate hardware. In each
> database I have created a user with dba previleges. I than create a
> databaselink:
>
> CREATE DATABASE LINK toRemoteDb CONNECT TO chris IDENTIFIED BY tiger
> USING 'wds';
>
> This stament was processed successful. I than wanted to access a table
> on the remote database, so I launched the following statement:
>
> select * from standortliste_at_toRemoteDb ;
> ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name
>
> Since the error implies that the service is not specified in the
> tnsname.ora, I added the service and still get the error-message.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Christian Bielzer
>
Received on Wed Jul 19 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT