Message-Id: <10645.118919@fatcity.com>
From: Larry  Taylor <ltaylor@iq.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:14:57 -0700
Subject: Database Link Problem

I've been running a few tests and I've come up with some more information
(no solution yet, but perhaps this will help someone identify this as a
problem they once had).
I can execute tnsping from each of the UNIX servers and it will find the NT
server. However, when I try to execute tnsping from the NT server to either
of our UNIX servers, I get an error, TNS-12541 no listener.
Now, I'm not so sure what this mesage really means. I was sure that I have a
listener running on each of the machines. After all, I can run Oracle's
Enterprise manager from any desktop or server and connect to any of the
servers using the entry found in tnsnames.ora. I don't see how I could
connect to the database on the NT server unless there was a listener up and
running. Maybe the TNS-12541 covers more than just a 'missing listener'.
Anyway, I hope this sounds familar to someone and that they have an answer.