The tnsnames.ora on your windows box does not have the correct connect string in it.
Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX 210-581-6217 "Common sense will not accomplish great things. Simply become insane and desperate." > -----Original Message----- > From: Daiminger, Helmut [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 5:48 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Weird connection behavior > > Hi! > > I'm experiencing a weird behavior here: when I try to connect to an > Instance - named ITSP - (I am locally on the server): user/pw@itsp, the > connect works fine. > > But when I try to connect to that same database from my windows client, > using user/pw@itsp, I get the message: Oracle not available. > > Any idea what is going on here? > > This is 8.1.7 on Sun Solaris. > > Thanks, > Helmut > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
