Re: What's a quick simple way to test Oracle connectivity between client and database server?

From: Mark D Powell <Mark.Powell_at_eds.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 22:26:38 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <ce947e1a-0877-4e46-a638-91d48e92e403@u29g2000pro.googlegroups.com>


On Nov 1, 11:53 pm, "Spin" <S..._at_invalid.com> wrote:
> Gurus,
>
> Just learning Oracle.  With help from a guru, installed 10g database on one
> server and 10g client on another.  What's a quick simple way to test Oracle
> connectivity between these two servers at this point?
>
> --
> Spin

Try the tnsping utility: tnsping service_name

The utility sends a message to listener specified by the tnsnames.ora file entry for the service_name listed on the command line and responds with ping type information.

HTH -- Mark D Powell -- Received on Sun Nov 02 2008 - 00:26:38 CDT

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