Stephen,
The error means that you've connected to a listener at the host/port
specified in your connect string, but the listener you've connected to
doesn't recognize the value of SERVICE_NAME specified in the connect
string.
On the database server, where the listener is running, if you do a
'lsnrctl services', is the service you're trying to connect to listed
there? Also on the database server, what if you connect to the database
with "/ as sysdba", and do 'alter system register;"? Then try the lsnrctl
command again, is the service listed? Did that fix the problem? If not,
are there multiple listeners on that database server? Maybe you're
connecting to the wrong one, and it doesn't support that service?
Hope that helps,
-Mark
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*ProQuest Information & Learning*
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*From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Andert
*Sent:* Wednesday, September 13, 2006 5:36 PM
*To:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* Use SQL*Plus 10g to connect to 9i databases
SQL*Plus 10.2.0.1 is installed on my laptop and I want to use it to
connect to as many databases as I can. (mainly 9i variants) I have updated
the tnsnames.ora in the 10g home to contain all the entries, and when I
use the command-line tnsping, it resolves the names, but when I use 10G
SQL*Plus for Windows, it tells me
ERROR:
ORA-12514: TNS:listener does not currently know of service requested in
connect
descriptor
SP2-0640: Not connected
What am I missing?
Bonus points if you can tell me how to connect 10g EM Database Control to
other databases (i.e. especially 9i)
TIA
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Stephen Andert
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