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Re: URGENT: ORA-12545: TNS:name lookup failure

From: James Alexander Starritt <james_at_jamesstarritt.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 15:25:06 -0600
Message-ID: <99dqm4$qrp9$1@ID-68406.news.dfncis.de>

thank you sir!

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"TurkBear" <noone_at_nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:39okbtonootptl0sq8qvarbrudtim48rvr_at_4ax.com...

> "James Alexander Starritt" <james_at_jamesstarritt.com> wrote:
>
> >Any idea's I can't find the error listed in my Oracle error book and I
don't
> >have one for SQL Net...
> >
> >How do I troubleshoot this ?
>
> Here:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ORA-12545
>
> ORA-12545Connect failed because target host or object does not exist
>
> Cause:The address specified is not valid, or the program being connected
to does
> not exist.
>
> Action:Ensure the ADDRESS parameters have been entered correctly; the most
> likely incorrect parameter is the node name. Ensure that the executable
for the
> server exists (perhaps "oracle" is missing.) If the protocol is TCP/IP,
edit the
> TNSNAMES.ORA file to change the host name to a numeric IP address and try
again.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> hth,
>
Received on Thu Mar 22 2001 - 15:25:06 CST

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