Nope, that was not it? Still giving me the *** ORA-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist *** error.
Hmmmmm.... - Paul -----Original Message----- From: Justin Patrin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 4:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: Oracle/PHP Issue I'm using the descriptor type of connection and it looks a bit different than yours. Try changing your CONNECT_DATA setion to: (CONNECT_DATA = (SID = BDB1) (GLOBAL_NAME = BDB1.world)) Paul Miller wrote: > Hello, > > I am having a strange issue with Oracle and PHP. I am running PHP Version > 4.3.4 on Red Hat AS 2.3 and trying to connect to Oracle 9i also on Red Hat > AS 2.3. > > I compiled PHP successfully with OCI and oracle. My script uses the > ocilogon($user, $password, $db); or ora_logon($user.'@'.$db, $password); > depending on what interface I want to use in my abstraction layer. > > Note: All oracle failures (*** some error ***) are when I use the ora_logon, > ocilogon, or the ocinlogon. > > Info about what works: > > - PHP can at lease partially talk to the remote Oracle DB. > > - If I give a bad username or password, PHP returns *** Oracle: Connection > Failed: ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied.*** So I know > PHP is able to validate the username against the remote Oracle database. > > - If I give an unspecified TNS name, "BDB1_broken", instead of "BDB1" which > is in the tnsnames.ora file, I get the following Oracle message though PHP: > *** Oracle: Connection Failed: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name > ***. So I know that the TNS name is being verified against the remote > database. > > - When I try to logon to the remote DB with SQLPlus using the same > tnsnames.ora file used by PHP, I can logon just fine. Also, a plsql stored > procedure running off a DAD on the server works. > > THE PROBLEM: > When I use the correct username, password and ORACLE_SID, I get the > following error: > > *** Oracle: Connection Failed: ORA-12545: Connect failed because target host > or object does not exist *** > > I have: > - Tried specifying the DB connection in the PHP code > $DATABASE = "(DESCRIPTION = > (ADDRESS_LIST = > (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 192.168.2.2)(PORT = 1521)) > ) > (CONNECT_DATA = > (SERVICE_NAME = BDB1.world) > ) > )"; > - Tried using the IP address "192.168.2.2" and the host name both in the > PHP and the tnsnames file. > - Added apache and nobody to the oracle and the dbs groups. > - Setting different environment vars in the PHP code > putenv("ORACLE_HOME=/opt/ora9/product/9201"); > putenv("ORACLE_SID=BDB1") > - Recompiling PHP > - Using "BDB1" and "BDB1.PROD_DATABASE.MY_DOMAIN.COM" in the putenv and the > database name in the connection function. > - Checked the Apache config > ##ORACLE ENVIRONMENT > ORACLE_HOME=/opt/ora9/product/9201 > ORACLE_BASE=/opt/ora9/ > export ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_BASE > ORACLE_TERM=vt100 > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib > PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH > export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH > ORACLE_DOC=$ORACLE_BASE/doc > ORACLE_SID=BDB1 > TNS_ADMIN=/opt/ora9/product/9201/network/admin > export ORACLE_DOC ORACLE_SID TNS_ADMIN > > > Does anyone have any thoughts???? > > Thanks for any help, > > Paul > > ___________________________ > Paul Miller > System-Wise > pmillerATsystemDASHwiseDOTcom > AT = @ > DASH = - > DOT = . > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
