RE: tnsnames.ora not working ?

Open the sqlnet.ora. What is NAMES.DEFAULT_DOMAIN set to. Add that as a suffix to the DEV_DB entry.
If there is no sqlnet.ora or it has no NAMES.DEFAULT_DOMAIN entry try adding .world:

DEV_DB.{whatever_names.default_domain_is | world} = ..

At 11:09 AM 1/20/2004, you wrote:
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>Hello,
>I'm trying to add description in my $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora,
>but it seems that the client (ie. sqlplus) wont use it. Whenever I try to
>connect to the service using sqlplus, I got :
>
>$> sqlplus
>Enter user-name: developer_at_dev_db
>Enter password: *****
>ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name
>
>I tried to add the description to my ~/.tnsnames.ora too with no luck. The
>entry in the tnsnames.ora is:
>
>DEV_DB =
> (DESCRIPTION =
> (ADDRESS_LIST =
> (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = hostname)(PORT = 1521))
> )
> (CONNECT_DATA =
> (SERVICE_NAME = dev_db)
> )
> )
>
>(note: I removed the real hostname for privacy/security reason of course)
>
>However, when I use sqlplus using the following way:
>
>$> sqlplus
>
>Enter user-name:
>developer@(description=(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=hostname)(PORT =
>1521))(CONNECT_DATA =(SERVICE_NAME = dev_db)))
>Enter password: *****
>
>It would work, where all the information from the description is just a
>copy-paste from the tnsnames.ora file.
>
>Is there anything I overlook? Sorry if this is kinda a newbie question. I'm
>still learning my way around this. I'm using Oracle9i on Redhat Linux.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Reuben D. Budiardja
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