Usually each client has it's own tnsnames.ora file. Check the <client install folder>\Network\Admin for a tnsnames.ora file. You may need to copy the 9i one into the 10g folder.
Fred -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Phillips Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 11:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Problems connecting to Oracle following 10g client install... Hello all, Windows 2000 AS Ora 9i ARS 5.1.2 upgraded to 7.0.1 I installed the 10g client, but am unable to start arserver following the 7.0.1 upgrade. Found no errors in the install log, but found the following in the arerror.log Mon Feb 05 11:13:38 2007 ORA-06401: NETCMN: invalid driver designator Mon Feb 05 11:13:38 2007 390600 : Cannot initialize contact with SQL database (ARERR 551) Mon Feb 05 11:13:38 2007 Stop server Mon Feb 05 11:13:38 2007 390600 : AR System server terminated -- fatal error encountered (ARNOTE 21) I can connect via SQL Plus as ARAdmin. I have my old 9i client installed, and tnsnames.ora is in the 9i path. Was the 10g client installation supposed to create a new or modify the old tnsnames.ora file? Tia, Rick _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
