Wes Harrison wrote:
> "Wes Harrison" <nospam_at_home.com> wrote in message
> news:42f202f6$0$11941$5a62ac22_at_per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
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>>"Frank van Bortel" <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:dcr5dk$g4f$2_at_news3.zwoll1.ov.home.nl...
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>>>Wes Harrison wrote:
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>>>>"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message
>>>>news:1122991350.819329_at_yasure...
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>>>><snip>
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>>>>>Your TNSNAMES.ORA does not contain an entry for your database.
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>>>>But isn't that a *symptom* of the problem not the *cause* of the
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>>problem? I
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>>>>tried adding in the database information and running the DBCA again
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> and
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>>it
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>>>>failed once more with the ORA-12546 code and it also stripped out the
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>>parts
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>>>>I added in to tnsnames.ora. Surely that is supposed to be inserted
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> *by*
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>>the
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>>>>DBCA when it functions properly?
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>>>>Thanks,
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>>>>Wes
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>>>>
>>>
>>>Looks like it - but it may be the path to resolving the problem.
>>>Simply add the entry in another session, and hit the Retry button.
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>>I tried this but it didn't help. Same result. I just can't believe this.
>>It's a new machine, a fresh O/S install and Oracle. It should work. Why
>>would everything else work but just the DBCA fail?
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>
> And now through desperation I have reinstalled the O/S and reinstalled
> Oracle with the same result. I can't think of anything else to try. I am
> about ready to slit my wrists now... :-(
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> Wes
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>
Don't use a pre-configured database. Let DBCA just generate the scripts,
and execute these from the command line.
Scripts make good docco, too.
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Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Thu Aug 04 2005 - 13:12:39 CDT
