Re: ORA-12514: TNS:listener does not currently know of service requested in connect descriptor

From: Urs Metzger <urs_at_ursmetzger.de>
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:30:09 +0200
Message-ID: <g1ubnc$sp$1@online.de>


Robert Klemme schrieb:
> On 01.06.2008 12:10, Georg Scholz wrote:

>> Hello,
>>
>> I applied the patch from Oracle 10.2.0.1 to 10.2.0.3
>> (Machine: Windows XP, SP 2)
>>
>> tnsping works fine.
>>
>> However, wenn connecting with sqplplus or TOAD, I get the following:
>>
>> ORA-12514: TNS:listener does not currently know of service requested
>> in connect descriptor
>>
>> I get this on the server itself, and also on all client PCs.
>>
>> Any help is highly appreciated!

>
> IIRC this can also happen if the listener thinks that no more
> connections are available. In that case increasing PROCESSES is said to
> help. In every case you should first do "lsnrctl status" to see whether
> the service is known to the listener.
>
> Kind regards
>
> robert

This is ORA-12500, IIRC

Regards, Urs Metzger Received on Sun Jun 01 2008 - 09:30:09 CDT

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