In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED] m>, "Loo, Peter # PHX" writes: >It appears that OID configuration is working properly. I had used >tnsping command to see what method it was using to resolve the INSTANCE. > >$ tnsping INSTANCE_NOT_IN_TNSNAMES_FILE
tnsping and sqlplus are 64-bit in 10.2 for Solaris. I suspect you've stumbled upon a bug in Oracle's 32-bit libraries. John [EMAIL PROTECTED]