Re: TNS Error Under Win 2K

It may not be supported by Oracle, but we got WebDB 2.0.2 to work on Win2K. We have not tried 3.0 = Oracle Portal (included with iAS).

On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 15:46:40 +0700, Beach <chbeach_at_loxinfo.co.th> wrote:

>Dear Mark
>as far as I know does WEBDB not work under W2K
>
>Beat Christen
>
>Mark Riehl wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I'm running 8.1.6 Enterprise Edition under Win 2k, SP1. This has happened
>> consistently, I'd like to know if I'm missing something.
>>
>> I can install 8.1.6 EE without a problem. I can get it up and running,
>> connect using SQL*Plus from a DOS prompt, insert tables, make select calls,
>> etc. Everything seems to be OK.
>>
>> 8.1.6 EE was fine by itself, but after installing WebDB or Forms, I started
>> having the same problems. So, it went like this - fresh install of EE on
>> new Win 2k, install WebDB, problem, fresh install of EE on new Win 2k,
>> install Forms, problem.
>>
>> When I run SQL*Plus off the command line, I get the following error:
>>
>> ERROR:
>> ORA-12203: TNS:unable to connect to destination
>>
>> My TNS listener is up and running.
>>
>> In between each of these installs, the disk was reformatted and Win 2K was
>> reinstalled, so I started off fresh. Each time, the EE install went OK, and
>> I could connect using SQL*Plus.
>>
>> Questions:
>> 1. What are WebDB and Forms doing to cause problems? I thought that I'd be
>> OK running everything on the same machine.
>> 2. Do I need to dedicate a machine to EE by itself?
>> 3. Networking wise, what does the BEQ mode use for IPC? Is it a pipe?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>

EMail: knijff_at_bigfoot.com Received on Sun Jan 21 2001 - 12:12:11 CST