Scott, 

Where on the client machine is the tnsnames.ora file?  Probably is in
the $ORACLE_HOME\NETWORK\ADMIN directory or maybe a network drive. Your
home is probably c:\ora817 or maybe If you only changed the tnsnames.ora
on the server side (i.e. prod), you will also need to update the
tnanames.ora file on the client.  

Good luck. (I'm sure you'll get it)

Stephen 
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Hello all,

DB=8.1.7.4.0
DB Server OS=HPUX 11i
Client: Windows NT 4.0

I have 3 Oracle instances that were installed on one machine "prod". 
They 
are FPRD, FTRN and FTST.  I moved FTST to a different machine "dev".  I

changed the tnsnames.ora files on the clients and the servers, and I 
changed the listener.ora on the servers.

Now I cannot connect to the FTST instance on the "dev" machine from the

clients.  The TNS_ADMIN env variable is not set either.  I tried to set
it 
on one of the clients and it broke all of the other instances.  When I
do a 
TNSPING from the clients, it still shows that the client is trying to 
connect to the "prod" machine even though the tnsnames.ora file on the

client is pointing to "dev".  I don't know where the client is getting
that 
the FTST database is still located on "prod".  I checked the sqlnet.ora

file on the clients and servers and they all have 
"names.directory_path=(TNSNAMES)"

The twist to all of this is that if I try to connect using sqlplus from

"prod" to "dev" and vice versa, I can connect all day long with no
problems 
at all.  So that leads me to believe the issue lies on the Client
side.

Example:
C:\ tnsping ftst.harper.cc.il.us
Attempting to contact (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=prod)(PORT=1521))

and it should read:
C:\ tnsping ftst.harper.cc.il.us
Attempting to contact (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=dev)(PORT=1521))

Because the tnsnames.ora file reads:
FTST.HARPER.CC.IL.US =
   (DESCRIPTION =
     (ADDRESS_LIST =
       (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = dev)(PORT = 1521))
     )
     (CONNECT_DATA =
       (SERVICE_NAME = ftst)
     )
   )

Please help a newbie!!!
Thanks so much in advance!


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Oracle Certified Professional DBA
Wm. Rainey Harper College
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