Re: Slightly OT: Connecting SQL*Plus client to an Oracle Database..

2014-07-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
@William, I usually (and I did this time too) edit my tnsnames.ora file by hand instead of using the Net Manager or whatever that utility is. So we can rule out the strange invisible character theory I think. @Patrick, I can ping the IP as well as tnsping the server with no problems. I'm not

Re: Slightly OT: Connecting SQL*Plus client to an Oracle Database..

2014-07-10 Thread patrick zandi
got two tricks I learned recently to try... apparently coding and the QA might not be the same these days... #1 ar.conf modify the db server name to the followingHOSTNAME,PORT (Yes that is COMMA PORT) because of the underlying JAVA doing the connection. (Don't ask how I did that) #2 SLM

Re: Slightly OT: Connecting SQL*Plus client to an Oracle Database..

2014-07-10 Thread patrick zandi
or was it 8.1.01.001.0001 or 8.1.01.001.0001.1 LOL !!! too early for friday humor... On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:03 PM, patrick zandi remedy...@gmail.com wrote: got two tricks I learned recently to try... apparently coding and the QA might not be the same these days... #1 ar.conf

How can I capture the instance ID of a newly created asset?

2014-07-10 Thread Rick Westbrock
Hi all- I am still on my ARS 7.1/ITSM 7.0.03 system. I have a custom shipping/receiving module where we have a regular form that is used to interact with the CMDB. A few months ago I deployed new code which is able to take an asset that is In Inventory and change it to Deployed status, remove

Re: Slightly OT: Connecting SQL*Plus client to an Oracle Database..

2014-07-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
Turns out the Oracle SQL*Plus client doesn't like @ in passwords and if present, the password must be enclosed in . There was nothing wrong with the tnsnames.ora file or any other settings.. Joe _ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On