No, TNS-03505: Failed to resolve name Could the other dba have changed his sqlnet.ora so they don't match? ciao, Brian -----Original Message----- From: Alex Fatkulin [mailto:afatkulin@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:38 PM To: Zelli, Brian Cc: ORACLE-L Subject: Re: db link the first thing to do is tnsping PRODERT.ROSWELLPARK.ORG on the db server, is it ok ? On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Zelli, Brian <Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > That's the weird thing, it is on the server..... > > ciao, > Brian > -- Alex Fatkulin, http://afatkulin.blogspot.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfatkulin This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l