From: asaf_h@netvision.net.il
Subject: Re: Error 12203 - As usual, doco is no help
Date: 1996/06/06
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In Article<4ot7bq$6q2@red.interact.net.au>, <grant@towersoft.com.au> writes:
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> Any one know what ORA-12203 is?  Thanks to the wonderful organisation
> of Oracle's error doco, I don't have the text for this error.
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Hi,

ORA-12203 is a SQL*Net problem. Check the ADDRESS Parameter in the 
tnsnames.ora file, make sure listener and net are running ...

It could also mean a network/hardware problem ...

Good luck !

Asaf Halperin .