Romeo Yes, there's no problem creating loop-back database links - very common (we used to use DB links to spread workload across multiple databases in Oracle 7 / 8; works fine in test with loopback then and now). When you have both schemas in the *same *instance, you can't use a *PUBLIC *database link - because both schemas see the same link, so one of them will inevitably be wrong (or fail to create). How about replacing it with a private database link (in at least one of the schemas)? Regards Nigel 2009/3/10 Romeo Ybanez <raybanez@xxxxxxxxx> > > Hi, > > I have this application that archives data to a different schema on the > same instance using database link. This is probably due to the fact that in > the Production environment it is archived to a different instance. Two > schemas are using database links to connect to themselves. One successfully > connects using the same service name to itself but the other does not. I am > wondering what the trick the schema has while the other one can't connect. > > Example: In tnsnames.ora two service names are defined DB1 and DB2 (these > are also the SID's) > > At DB1 instance a public database link is created. > > CREATE PUBLIC DATABASE LINK arcdb CONNECT TO arc_db IDENTIFIED BY ..... > USING "DB1"; > > This works. But in the other instance, > > CREATE PUBLIC DATABASE LINK arcdb CONNECT TO arc_db IDENTIFIED BY ... > USING "DB2"; > > doesn't work. > > So it seems that you can create a database link back to the same database > instance. If not I wonder what the trick by the other db? > > Thanks. > > Romeo Ybanez > > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >