Re: TNS:could not resolve service name

What are you using for your connect string? What is the value of DEFAULT_DOMAIN in your sqlnet.ora file?

• Ed Stevens

On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 17:39:40 -0500, "J Gin" <jgin_at_nortelnetworks.com> wrote:

>I'm having problems trying to establish an sqlplus session. The error
>message returned is:
>
>ERROR:
>ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name
>
>I'm running Oracle version 8.1.5.0.0 and running the same sqlplus release on
>Solaris 2.6.
>
>I've checked the tnsnames.ora file entry and included below:
>
>isd =
> (DESCRIPTION =
> (ADDRESS_LIST =
> (ADDRESS =
> (COMMUNITY = tcp_corwan.world)
> (PROTOCOL = TCP)
> (Host = 55.55.55.55)
> (PORT = 1521)
> )
> )
> (CONNECT_DATA =
> (SID = ISD)
> (GLOBAL_NAME = ISD.ott.can.world)
> )
> )
>
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>Jeannine
>
>
>

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Ed Stevens
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