Make sure that the username and password are indeed correct in the db link creation command. By default the password in oracle 11g is case sensitive, unlike previous versions. Harel Safra On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Rodd Holman <rodd.holman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is XE prohibited from using db links? > ... > > Why does one connect and not the other? Is there something I'm missing > here or is Oracle not letting us use db links in XE? > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >