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Re: What is "TNS:name lookup failure"?

From: Daniel <nospam_at_nospam.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 11:40:03 -0000
Message-ID: <781qkb$rkt$1@inet16.us.oracle.com> 





Probably we cannot resolve the hostname that you have specified in the
tnsnames.ora file. Try to ping the hostname to check it is valid... Maybe a
DNS problem... Also try specifying the ip addr instead...



Cheers,



Daniel...




>ORA-12545 "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.




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