Check you path and make sure the first instance of oracle is pointing to
oracleHome and not oracleForm.
and from a dos prompt check "lsnrctl status" if not up then issue "lsnrctl
start"
Robert
"Najm Hashmi" <najmh_at_videotron.ca> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> I have installed Oracle 8.1.7 enterprise edition. This works fine. Then I
> installed Forms6i on a different Home i.e I have multilhomes. Then I
> followed the instructions to make sure i can use oracle forms through 8i.
> Individually, each component seems to work fine but I try to connect to
> database I get the following error: Error: ora12154-TNS:could not resolve
> service name. I read the docs and followed them but no success. Are there
> other docs I should read and try to correct it.
> I would really appreciate your help on this matter.
> By the way, I have installed 8i and forms on windows 2000 professional.
> One more things, the docs with forms6i says that I should install forms
> first then database server. Docs on line contradict it. I am not sure what
> to follow. Thanking you in advance for your help
> Regards,
> Najm
>
>
Received on Fri Sep 28 2001 - 01:23:51 CDT
