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You need to start by telling us what your connection string is! It would
also help to see the output of "lsnrctl status" on the Oracle server.
-- Cheers, Chris ___________________________________ Chris Leonard, The Database Guy http://www.databaseguy.com Brainbench MVP for Oracle Admin http://www.brainbench.com MCSE, MCDBA, OCP, CIW ___________________________________ "GitarJake" <gitarjake_at_spammersuntied.com> wrote in message news:HYsOc.2599$FW1.2307_at_lakeread06...Received on Fri Jul 30 2004 - 12:38:39 CDT
> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to test an ODBC connection to an Oracle dbf using the ODBC
Data
> Source Administrator. It's not working and I suspect I haven't
configured
> Oracle correctly. Below is the error message I am getting:
>
> [DataDirect][ODBC Oracle Driver]Invalid attribute in connection string:
> Description.[DataDirect][ODBC Oracle Driver][Oracle]ORA-12514:
TNS:listener
> could not resolve SERVICE_NAME given in connect descriptor
>
> I am very new to Oracle and I don't know where to go to fix this. Any
> help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jake
>
>
>