RE: DB Link Error - More Info

They are both 8.0.5.

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 6:48 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

What version of Oracle are the two databases? There are bugs with desc over db_links (can't remember the details but see it often), and also with copy 'fetch out of sequence' errors between 8.0 and 8i databases.

> Kevin Lange wrote:
>
> Sorry for the lack of info. Her it all is:
>
> 1) I have tns entries on both database machines that point to each
> other.
> 2) I have global_names set to false on both machines.
> 3) I have the same ID defined with the same password on both
> machines.
> 4) We do not use Oracle Names.
>
> On machine A:
> I created a link :
> create database link b using 'b.world';
>
> On machine B:
> I created a link :
> create database link a using 'a.world';
>
> Here are the results:
>
> 1. I can select data back and fourth between both machines wit no
> errors.
> 2. When I try to describe a table accross the link I get the
> ORA-0219 error.
> 3. When I try to use the plsql copy command (ultimately what I want
> to do) , on machine B, I get an error stating that I am trying to
> Fetch out of sequence. On machine A I get an unknow error that can
> not be interpreted .... a long string of numbers as the error number.
>
>
> So, thats it. Currently I am resorting to small selects accross the
> working part of the links. But, eventually I need to get to the copy
> commands because they have the commits in them.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Kevin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Magaliff, Bill [mailto:Bill.Magaliff_at_lendware.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 5:29 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: DB Link Error
>
> 1) are you using global_names = true? do the link
> names match the global names?
>
> 2) is there a local tns entry on the machine with
> database A that points to database B? we had a problem like
> then that was traced to our using Oracle Names without local
> tns files.
>
> -bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Lange [mailto:kgel_at_ppoone.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 6:05 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: DB Link Error
>
> Does anyone know the most common reasons why a DB
> LINK would give me the following error :
>
> ORA-02019: connection description for remote
> database not found
>
> Both databases exist .... And even though I get
> this error going from Database A to Database B,
> the link I have between Database B and Database A
> works fine.
>
> Kevin

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