Re: utl_http.request: HTTP request failed

From: Michael O <cleveridea.net_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:02:36 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <fc6967d5-65c6-4530-a09e-a5dcfdcfb308@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com>


Does your browser use a proxy? Can you browse to the url from a web browser running on your server?

Michael O
http://blog.crisatunity.com

On Jan 25, 11:06 am, KevinS <Sear..._at_googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> A utl_http.request('URL') call in a procedure is failing with the
> message
>
> ORA-29273: HTTP request failed
> ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_HTTP", line 1568
> ORA-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not
> exist
>
> If I paste the url in a web browser I get a response so why is it
> failing when being launched from the database?
>
> The problem occurs when I use the machine name and when I use the
> machines IP address.
>
> Any idea's what the cause might be?
>
> The version of Oracle being run is 10.2.0.2.0.
>
> Thanks
Received on Fri Jan 25 2008 - 12:02:36 CST

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