Hello, I'm trying to add description in my $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora, but it seems that the client (ie. sqlplus) wont use it. Whenever I try to connect to the service using sqlplus, I got :
$> sqlplus Enter user-name: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enter password: ***** ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name I tried to add the description to my ~/.tnsnames.ora too with no luck. The entry in the tnsnames.ora is: DEV_DB = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = hostname)(PORT = 1521)) ) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVICE_NAME = dev_db) ) ) (note: I removed the real hostname for privacy/security reason of course) However, when I use sqlplus using the following way: $> sqlplus Enter user-name: developer@(description=(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=hostname)(PORT = 1521))(CONNECT_DATA =(SERVICE_NAME = dev_db))) Enter password: ***** It would work, where all the information from the description is just a copy-paste from the tnsnames.ora file. Is there anything I overlook? Sorry if this is kinda a newbie question. I'm still learning my way around this. I'm using Oracle9i on Redhat Linux. Thanks for any help. Reuben D. Budiardja -- Reuben D. Budiardja Department of Physics and Astronomy The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN --------------------------------------------------------- "To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect." - Linus Torvalds - -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Reuben D. Budiardja 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).