Re: Database Link between Oracle8 and Oracle 7.3

From: <awnelson_at_my-deja.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 14:24:27 GMT
Message-ID: <7ijkio$n4p$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Check to see if the Oracle parameter GLOBAL_NAMES is set to TRUE. If so, set it to FALSE. Restart your database and recreate the link.

In article <374c1df1_at_news.uk.ibm.net>,
"Nicolas Bronke" <news_at_TRINITY.de> wrote:
> I have some trouble creating (using) a database link between both
databases.
>
> If I create a database link from my oracle 7.3 database to my oracle 8
> database, everthing works as expected.
>
> But if I try to create a database link from my Oracle 8 database to
another
> (it does no matter whether the other is Oracle 8 or Oracle 7.3) I
receive
> the errormessage ORA-2085, which means create a database link with
the same
> name as the database to which connects.
>
> Curious?
>
> I use the command like
>
> create public database link TEST
> connect to TESTUSER identified by PASSWORD using 'TEST';
>
> Therefore if I use the command connect testuser/password_at_test
everything
> works fine but not the database link.
>
> What do I wrong? Any hints? Thank you for that.
>
> Btw: All database runs under NT 4.0 with TCP/IP.
>
> Kind regards
> Nicolas Bronke
>
>

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