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Just curious. Do you have 'global_names = true' set in the initxxx.ora of
either database?
Andrew Basson wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to connect to an Ora 7 server (on SCO/UNIX) from our Ora 8 (on
> RH6.0) server using sqlplus. I have added an entry for the server and sid in
> the Ora 8's tnsnames.ora file, and whenever I try to connect to the Ora 7
> box I get a TNS 12125 Error - can't resolve service name.
>
> Is there a known problem connecting to Ora7 from Ora8 clients/servers?
>
> tnsping from Ora8 to Ora7 works fine.
>
> TIA, Andrew
Received on Fri Oct 15 1999 - 07:06:59 CDT
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