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Re: HP/UX SQL*Net Help Please

From: Alexander Moeckel <Alexander.Moeckel_at_IBYKUS.de>
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 19:57:18 +0100
Message-ID: <38456F8E.490D28D9@IBYKUS.de>


Look for tnsnames.ora in /etc !
On my HP9000 the tnsnames.ora in /etc is used.

Alex

"Mr. Science" wrote:
>
> Help!
>
> I've got Oracle running on Suns, NTs, and an HP9000. I'm trying to make an
> app on the HP9000 connect to an Oracle database on an NT. When I checked
> for $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora, it wasn't there(!!). So I
> copied the file from one of the suns; to no avail. When I "sqlplus
> user/pwd_at_SVC", I still get
>
> ERROR: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name
>
> I've gone through the checklist that "oerr ora 12154" gives, i.e.
> tnsnames.ora is there, it's world readable; is $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
> the right place?
> the service name is in there with no misspellings
> there are no syntax errors in the file (I copied it from another system
> that works!)
>
> Is there something whacked about the HP/.UX (relative to Solaris)? Is there
> some other place where it belongs? Help here in the NG, or via e-mail,
> would be greatly appreciated!
Received on Wed Dec 01 1999 - 12:57:18 CST

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