Re: TNS-03505: Failed to resolve name

Is the listener running ???

Gert

Andy B. <andyb_at_mdacc.tmc.edu> wrote in article <7hsak7$opb$1_at_oac2.hsc.uth.tmc.edu>...
> I'm still fairly new to Oracle and it's network components so bear with
me
> here...
>
> Config: RS/6000, AIX 4.2, Oracle 7.3.2
>
> I inheirited the above system with one instance (MAIN) and three
databases
> (DEV, TEST, PROD). I've created three new instances (DEVL, TEST, PROD).
> All are up and running and I can connect to them from my NT workstation.
If
> the $ORACLE_SID is set, I can connect to the instance. What I can't do
is
> connect to the new instances without explicitly resetting the
$ORACLE_SID.
> I can't TNSPING them either. The original instance works every time
though.
>
> I've gone over the listener.ora and tnsnames.ora many times over and
can't
> figure out the problem. I've searched the file system for duplicates and
> eliminated them when I found them, but still the problem persists.
>
> I manage NT systems in addition to this and have never had this problem
on
> them. I know I must be missing something fairly simple here...
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Andy
>
>
>
>
Received on Tue May 18 1999 - 15:37:53 CDT