Client connection problem to Oracle 8.1.6.0 NT

From: Dirk Kumashiro <Dirk_Kumashiro_at_unc.edu>
Date: 2000/06/23
Message-ID: <3953ae78.14711199@news.unc.edu>#1/1

Hello,

    I have recently installed a fresh copy of Oracle 8.1.6.0 on a test machine which seems to have installed successfully. I can bring up SQL Plus on that test machine and connect to the database. However, on the client machine I go into the Net8 Assistant and create a new service name and go to test it, I get the following error:

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Attempting to connect using userid: system The test did not succeed.
ORA-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist

There may be an error in the fields entered, or the server may not be ready for a connection.

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I have tried the tnsping using my failed service name and it says ok, but I still can't make my connection to the database. Any ideas on debugging this would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

Dirk Kumashiro Received on Fri Jun 23 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT