Maybe he got the wrong name. Can you connect via SQLPLUS from his machine?
Yechiel Adar Mehish ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 7:33 PM > > I don't work with Oracle Reports but one of my co-workers does. His > problem --- TNS can't find the database. > > He has three Oracle homes. I've copied the good tnsnames.ora to all of his > homes (I know about the NETWORK and NET80 directories). > > It's Report 6i on a Win2K machine trying to connect to an 8.1.6 Oracle. > > He has Reports 6i installed on two of his Oracle homes and Reports 6.0 on > the other. Don't ask me why --- I don't know. > > I used the Oracle home changer and cycled through all 3 homes. > > The error is ORA-12154: TNS could not resolve service name. > > Is there anything "special" about having multiple copies of Reports on > Win2K? > > Thanks (IA) > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Thomas Day > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Yechiel Adar INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
