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I am wondering did you add an entry into the listener.ora file on your sun box to let the listener know there is a new db?
kush wrote:
> Hi all, I just have successfully installed oracle 8i on solaris. Now when I
> tried to connect it through Toad(development tool) from WindowNT it gave me
> following error.
>
> ORA-12514: TNS:listener could not resolve SERVICE_NAME given in connect
> descriptor
>
> I have checked tnsnames.ora file on my(NT) machine and it looks fine. My
> question is does tnsnames.ora in NT has to be exactly same as tnsnames.ora
> in Solaris(where the oracle database resides)? even if that is true, I tried
> that it also and I am getting same error. Do I need to change anything on
> listener.ora file on Solaris(where the oracle database resides)?.
> Any hint will be appreciated. thanks in advance.
>
> kush
Received on Wed Nov 22 2000 - 14:04:33 CST