hi,

I think that oracle is not finding the database descriptor (using
'fr.is.inr.com';) in the tnsnames.ora archive.

try this on the OS.

tnsping fr.is.inr.com

it should report something like this:

TNS Ping Utility for IBM/AIX RISC System/6000: Version 2.3.4.0.0 -
Production on
 20-APR-01 18:43:34

Copyright (c) Oracle Corporation 1995.  All rights reserved.

Attempting to contact (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(Host=10.20.80.223)(Port=1521))
OK (240 msec)


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> Can you create a database link back to same database?
> I have a product that uses database links to create a copy of the
database,
> the users now want to copy it back to another schema on the same instance.
> I get ORA-02019: connection description for remote database not found
> or ORA-2082
> Either I'm missing something in my syntax or this can't work - which is
it?
>
> SQL> create database link fr.is.inr.com@toad connect to test identified by
> test using
>   2  'fr.is.inr.com';
>
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