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Looks like your tnsnames.ora file (on your client machine) has not been configured. Ask your oracle dba to configure it for you. Then you should be able to use sqlplus to connect to the remote db.
Hope this helps.
Guang
In article <7439ACA52032D311A96200400537EC0F01796FDA_at_ns1.tehnicom.net>,
"Mike Moon" <mike_at_ableclick.com> wrote:
> I recently installed oracle client on win98.
> When i try to connect to a remote database using sql*plus, I get an error
> saying:
>
> ERROR:
> ORA-12514: Message 12514 not found; product=RDBMS80; facility=ORA
>
> If you have any idea of what this error means, or if you know what the
> problem is, please help.
> My e-mail: mike_at_ableclick.com
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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