Hi I am sorry i did not understand your statement.Can you please rephrase When i try sqlplus username/password@mysid it connects. But when i try export ORACLE_SID=mysid sqlplus username/password it does not connect --- On Tue, 30/6/09, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: sqlplus connect string issue To: hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Howard Latham" <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx>, "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "MarkBobak" <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tuesday, 30 June, 2009, 7:16 AM I don't see anywhere that you have verified that ORACLE_SID is set correctly. On 6/30/09, hrishy <hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All > > Database mysid is running on localhost > > tnsping mysid > Used TNSNAMES adapter to resolve the alias > Attempting to contact (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (COMMUNITY = > tcp.world) (PROTOCOL = TCP) (Host = remotehost.com) (Port = 1522))) > (CONNECT_DATA = (SID = mysid))) > OK (0 msec) > > database spfile says its registered on a listener that is running on port > 1527 > if do a show parameter listener on the database > > There is a non default named listener running on localhost on port 1527 > which is a 10g listener. > > regards > Hrishy > --- On Mon, 29/6/09, Howard Latham <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Howard Latham <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: sqlplus connect string issue > To: hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "MarkBobak" > <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Monday, 29 June, 2009, 3:38 PM > > > > Can you do a tnsping ahnd post the results > ? > > > 2009/6/29 hrishy <hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > Hi Mark > > Nope TWO_TASK is not set. > > regards > Hrishy > > --- On Mon, 29/6/09, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: sqlplus connect string issue > To: "hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx" <hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" > <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Monday, 29 June, 2009, 10:22 AM > > > > > > If the TWO_TASK environment variable is not set, then a login w/ > username/password will connect to the local database running out of > $ORACLE_HOME and identified by $ORACLE_SID. > > If the TWO_TASK environment variable is set, then a login w/ > username/password will connect to a database identified by connect string > with the value of $TWO_TASK. In other words, it's the same as typing > username/password@$TWO_TASK. > > Note that if TWO_TASK is set, it will always override ORACLE_SID. > > Hope that helps, > > -Mark > ________________________________________ > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of hrishy [hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:09 > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: sqlplus connect string issue > > Hi > > For one of my databases i am unable to connect using > sqlplus user/password > but when i try > sqlplus > username/password@connect-string<mailto:username/password@connect-string> > it connects > > The error message i get using sqlplus username/password is > ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied > > There are many other databases on this server and they work fine. > The thing that is different about this database is > > The tnsnames.ora has an entry for this database pointing to another host on > port 1522. > The local listener parameter on the database says the database is registered > for a listener on port 1527 > > i did a truss -o log sqlplus username/password but clueless on what i should > look or fix so i can connect using just sqlplus username/password without > the connection string. > > regards > Hrishy > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Howard A. Latham > > > > > > -- Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info