Dear All, 1) i installed 10gas under RHAL 3.0, forms developed and executing correclty in 10gDS are giving tnsnames unable to resolve the serice name error, what couldbe the reason 2) what is the exact sequence of steps to start only forms and reports services, if only forms and reports services have been configured in 10g AS, no infra, no midtier.. kindly help...drumil ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony