Re: ORA-12571: TNS:packet writer failure

Wratchild wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I'm trying to get Oracle Forms 6i to work. I have it installed, along with
> patch 12, but whenever I try to connect, it gives me an error saying
> "ORA-12571: TNS:packet writer failure". Does anybody know what causes this?
> And how to fix it?
>
> I have tried Forms 9i, and I did get that working, but it seems to be mainly
> for web development - it wants to run forms in a web browser, which is not
> what I want. The original reason that I tried 9i is that I couldn't get rid
> of the packet writer failure error.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> John

Very likely this is an indication of a network problem with TCP/IP. You might try reinstalling the O/S on your system if your network admin. can't identify the problem. Is it occuring on anyone else's machine?

Daniel Morgan Received on Mon Feb 24 2003 - 01:23:38 CET