Re: Client connection problem to Oracle 8.1.6.0 NT

From: Dirk Kumashiro <Dirk_Kumashiro_at_unc.edu>
Date: 2000/06/23
Message-ID: <8j0p7p$po2$1@news2.isis.unc.edu>#1/1

FYI: I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling the database and now I can make my connection. The only change I made I believe was in the database name.

Dirk

"Dirk Kumashiro" <Dirk_Kumashiro_at_unc.edu> wrote in message news:3953ae78.14711199_at_news.unc.edu...
> 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:
>
> ********
> 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.
> ********
>
> 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