not at all. we have clients installed on the local intranet from where we are trying to connect even on the server itself where the database is residing, from there we cant connect to SQL using user/pass@connectstringbut after setting oracle sid using SET ORACLE_SID=SID and then sqlplus user/pass we are able to connect but not using the connect string. Dont know why ??????????? On 11/9/05, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi > are you using connection manager to connect across different protocols by > any chance? > > -- > Niall Litchfield > Oracle DBA > http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com -- Thanks & Regards, T. Onkar Nath OneAPPS Enterprise Technology Pvt. Ltd. to_onkar@xxxxxxxxx onkarnath.tiwary@xxxxxxxxx