Can you create a database link back to same database?

From: Shaw, John B <jbshaw_at_ingr.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 12:45:48 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.002EE3BF.20010420125203@fatcity.com>

Can you create a database link back to same database? I have a product that uses database links to create a copy of the database, the users now want to copy it back to another schema on the same instance. I get ORA-02019: connection description for remote database not found or ORA-2082
Either I'm missing something in my syntax or this can't work - which is it?

SQL> create database link fr.is.inr.com_at_toad connect to test identified by test using
2 'fr.is.inr.com';

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Author: Shaw, John B
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