Re: SQL Plus Problem

From: Sybrand Bakker <postmaster_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 19:31:03 +0200
Message-ID: <933183054.3058.0.pluto.d4ee154e@news.demon.nl>

You need to have:

- a correct listener.ora, sqlnet.ora and tnsnames.ora on the server
- a copy of the latter two files on all your clients
- be capable of reaching the server, either by DNS or by the IP address (not

recommended)
The error message is showing you can't reach the host with the TCP/IP protocol.
If you never configured sqlnet, that is normal, because some default files are included in client installation.
There is a net8 manager in the standard kit to configure sqlnet. If you have additional queries, please post again and the group will help you out.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

Vijay Mayadas <vijay_at_winwin.com> wrote in message news:379f3870_at_news1.us.ibm.net...
> I've just installed Oracle 8.1.5 on a Sun Sparc solaris server and am
trying
> to connect to it from SQLPlus from a client workstation having just
> installed the client software.
>
> When I try and log in I get:
>
> ORA-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist
>
> Can someone please help me sort this out?
>
> Thanks
>
> Vijay
>
>
Received on Wed Jul 28 1999 - 12:31:03 CDT