Is your listener started? Are your NT services started?
If yes then try pinging the server from the client. If you can't ping talk
to the syadmin or network admin.
If you can ping then try tnspinging - first by ip, second by alias.
If you can't tnsping by ip, you probably have a problem in your tnsnames. on
the client or server or both or in the listener.ora on the server or just
maybe on the sqlnet.ora on the server.
If you can ping by ip but not by name then you may have a problem in one of
the three files above or you may have a problem with name resolution. Talk
to the sysadmin or network admin.
<eloos_at_atsecure.net> wrote in message news:826cci$jnd$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> We have just installed Oracle 8i on one of our servers and cannot seem
> to connect from a client PC. We keep getting the ORA-12500 error (The
> listener was unable to start a dedicated process connecting the user to
> the database.) I've tried looking at LISTENER.ORA and TNSNAMES.ORA but
> haven't solved the problem. What are the likely problems with a very
> basic install? (Oracle 7 was not this much trouble. SQL Svr 7 installed
> like a charm.)
>
> Eric Loos
> Advanced Technologies
> eloos_at_atsigma.com
>
>
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> Before you buy.
Received on Thu Dec 02 1999 - 17:12:19 CST
