Re: Problem connecting Oracle with Netscape
Date: 1995/12/13
Message-ID: <4alh7u$lcj_at_charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>#1/1
In article <DJFvww.JAM_at_ulysses.homer.att.com>,
Rajesh Chugani <rlc_at_ulysses.att.com> wrote:
>
>I am getting a problem when trying to run Netscape and Oracle. Oracle is
>giving me a error which says:
>
>oerr ora 12545
>12545, 00000, "TNS:name lookup failure"
>// *Cause: A protocol specific ADDRESS parameter cannot be resolved.
>// *Action: Ensure the ADDRESS parameters have been entered correctly;
>// the most likely incorrect value is the node name.
>
>The Oracle environment variables are set in the .profile and Netscape is
>not running on the root directory and the plain ProC program is running
>O.K.
>
>The problem seems to be with Netscape server not being able to view the
>environment variables.
"Netscape server"? I assume you mean httpd server.
It doesn't give a *#$% about what you set in your .profile
file.
You should set all necessary environmental variables
explicitely in a script/program you are running.
In general the same holds not only for httpd server, but for cron jobs as well.
Serge
>
>If anyone has encountered such an error or knows a solution to this problem
>please send me mail at rlc_at_laertes.att.com or call (908)582-7186.
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Rajesh Chugani
>
>
>
Received on Wed Dec 13 1995 - 00:00:00 CET