On Nov 9, 2007 8:48 AM, Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR) <Thomas.Mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bill, > > You probably needed this in the "HOST=" part, but not in the tns entry > declaration, right? > This should work, no? > > PNO_PROD = > (DESCRIPTION = > (CONNECT_DATA = > (Service_Name = PNO_PROD) > ) > (ADDRESS_LIST = > (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(PORT = 1523)(HOST = > foo.blah.AD.blah.COM)) > (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(PORT = 1528)(HOST = > foo.blah.AD.blah.COM)) > ) > ) > > Tom well no it didn't until i removed all of the qualifications from all the TNS entries and the default domain name from the sqlnet.ora file. now everything is working like it's supposed to. it's a lot easier if you set things up yourself and don't walk into something someone has set up and not explained to you.;-) -- -- Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA shrekdba@xxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "He's one who knows that life is just a leap of faith, so spread your arms and hold your breath and always trust your cape." -- "The Cape" -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l