Oracle8 : CONNECT to non-default database -> ORA-12154 (Server Error Message)

From: Alex Vinokur <alexander.vinokur_at_telrad.co.il>
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 12:07:40 GMT
Message-ID: <7tcpm6$pfd$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Hi,

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1. Error message

I have got the following error message.

//===========================================
ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name

in "..."
on line 97 of demo6.pc.
//===========================================

Here is a relevant piece of the code (Pro*C/C++). What (and where) is wrong?
//===========================================
// file demo6.pc
void main()
{
/* Declare the program host variables. */

    char    *username   = "aaa";
    char    *password   = "bbb";
    char    *db_name    = "ddd";
    char    *db_string  = "NYNON";
    asciz    dynstmt1;
    char     dynstmt2[10];

    VARCHAR dynstmt3[80];

    [ --- omitted --- ]

    EXEC SQL CONNECT                    :username       // Line#97
                     IDENTIFIED BY      :password
                     AT                 :db_name
                     USING              :db_string;

    puts("\nConnected to ORACLE.\n");

    [ --- omitted --- ]

}
//===========================================

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• Oracle 8.0.5
• Prro*C/C++
• SunOS 5.6

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2. Questions

Here is a a piece from Oracle8 Documentation and my question.

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Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide Release 8.0
A58233-01
4. Advanced Pro*C/C++ Applications
Connecting to Oracle8

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###
###  Single Explicit Connections
###
###  In the following example, you connect to a single non-default

database at a

###  remote node:
###
###  /* declare needed host variables */
###  char  username[10]  = "scott";
###  char  password[10]  = "tiger";
###  char  db_string[20] = "NYNON";
###
###  /* give the database connection a unique name */
###  EXEC SQL DECLARE DB_NAME DATABASE;
###
###  /* connect to the non-default database  */
###  EXEC SQL CONNECT :username IDENTIFIED BY :password
###     AT DB_NAME USING :db_string;
###
###  The identifiers in this example serve the following purposes:
###
###     * The host variables username and password identify a valid
user.
###     * The host variable db_string contains the Net8 syntax for
connecting to
###       a non-default database at a remote node.

      In the example above db_string == "NYNON".

      1. If db_string value is not arbitrary,
         what is this value connected with?

      2. Is there any connection between
         db_string value (i.e. "NYNON") and the
         tnsnames.ora configuration file?

      2. Is there any connection between
         db_string value (i.e. "NYNON") and another files?

      4. What do I have to do yet
         to use db_string (== ""NYNON", for instance).

###     * The undeclared identifier DB_NAME names a non-default
connection; it is
###       an identifier used by Oracle, not a host or program variable.
###

### The USING clause specifies the network, machine, and database to be ### associated with DB_NAME. Later, SQL statements using the AT clause (with
### DB_NAME) are executed at the database specified by db_string. ###

        Thanks in advance,
        Alex

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