On Oct 5, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Scott Stansbury wrote: > > It returns (after a few seconds) with an ORA-12154 error: TNS:could not > resolve the connect identifier specified ( SQL-08004).
Basic questions: the script is running in an environment where the env variables $ORACLE_HOME and $TNS_ADMIN are available? Your tnsnames.ora file is present and correct? (if not, the those vars and put this: PROD77 = (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=192.168.15.200)(PORT=1535)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=PROD77))) in a text file, save it as tnsnames.ora in your $ORACLE_HOME directory and see if it works now) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
