Re: Oracle Discoverer 3.1 won't connect on Windows XP

From: <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: 31 Oct 2006 02:00:47 -0800
Message-ID: <1162288847.171630.269230@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

Kydd schreef:

> Connecting to a version 8.0.5 Oracle DB on an IBM AIX system, we have
> one PC that cannot connect to the DB and gets the following errors:
>

That would be a remote connection...

> Fatal NI connect error 12203, connecting to:
>
> (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=BEQ)(PROGRAM=oracle80)(ARGV0=oracle80ORCL)(ARGS='(DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))')))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=ORCL)(CID=(PROGRAM=C:\orant\DISCVR31\DIS31USR.EXE)(HOST=X225A)(USER=Administrator))))
>

[snip!]

That is a local connection - to the ORCL instance on this PC! Not even close to a remote connection to an AIX machine Received on Tue Oct 31 2006 - 04:00:47 CST