db_name, instance_name, service_names and the sqlnet alias

From: ALEMU Abiy <abiy.alemu_at_criltechnology.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 09:51:43 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002D6141.20010323074110@fatcity.com>

What is the relation between db_name, instance_name, service_names and the sqlnet alias for an instance. 'Cause in my init.ora file I fdefined the following things

        db_name = "db1"
        instance_name=inst1
        service_names=service1

And I defined an entry in my tnsnames.ora file, for my instance as following :

cs_inst1 =
  (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =

        (ADDRESS =


          (COMMUNITY = TCPCOM)

          (PROTOCOL = TCP)

          (Host = alpha)

          (Port = 1527)

        )

    )
    (CONNECT_DATA =

       (SID = db1)
       (GLOBAL_NAME = cs_inst1)

    )
  )

But I cannot connect to my instance by the following command .

        sqlplus system/manager_at_cs_inst1

I've no error message. It seems working indefinitely. What did I miss?

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