that was it.. thanks so much. unfortunately i'm a beginner in both oracle
and tomcat/jsp.. but now i know.. and knowing is half the battle :)
-mike
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Nacho wrote:
> Hola Michael:
>
> from Oracle Docs:
> 8<----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> TNS-12505 TNS:listener could not resolve SID given in connect descriptor
>
> Cause: The SID in CONNECT_DATA was not found in the listener's tables.
>
> Action: Check to make sure that the SID specified is correct. The SIDs
> that are currently registered with the listener can be obtained by
> typing "LSNRCTL SERVICES listener_name". These SIDs correspond to
> SID_NAMEs in TNSNAMES.ORA, or DB_NAMES in the INIT.ORA file.
> 8<----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> > connectionURL="jdbc:oracle:thin:@HOSTNAME.DOMAIN.COM:1521:ORCL"
>
> Perhaps the SID of your Database is not ORCL?
>
>
>
> Saludos ,
> Ignacio J. Ortega
>
>
