Net service name is incorrectly specified

Hi,
Please can anyone explain me why am I getting this error ?
" ORA-12162: TNS:net service name is incorrectly specified "
Thanks

ORA-12162: TNS:net service name is incorrectly specified
Cause: The connect descriptor corresponding to the net service name in TNSNAMES.ORA or in the directory server (Oracle Internet Directory) is incorrectly specified.
Action: If using local naming make sure there are no syntax errors in the corresponding connect descriptor in the TNSNAMES.ORA file. If using directory naming check the information provided through the administration used for directory naming.
Regards
Asif Kabir

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Tns error ora-12162 net service name is incorrectly specified

Hello gurus ,
I am trying to connect database using telnet from windows machine ,
after login os , username ,password
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I have checked my tnsnames.ora file at the database system , i find all the entries are correct
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user10608990 wrote:
Hello gurus ,
I am trying to connect database using telnet from windows machine ,
after login os , username ,password
i got $ prompt , after that i have given sqlplus command , then I have enter username,pwd correctly ,but I am unable to connect its giving error " Net service name is incorrectly specified ,
I have checked my tnsnames.ora file at the database system , i find all the entries are correct
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"i find all the entries are correct "
And yet, it doesn't work!
=============
"I have checked my tnsnames.ora file at the database system "
when you start sqlplus ... is that on the same machine that is running the db, or some other machine? Remember .. (and I'm really feeling like a broken record on this one) TNSNAMES.ORA IS USED BY THE CLIENT PROCESS.
Show us the contents of your listener.ora file -- from the server machine
Show us the contents of your tnsnames.ora and sqlnet.ora files -- from the client machine.

OSX SQLPLUS error:ORA-12162:TNS:net service name is incorrectly specified

Dear oracle community,
just stepped today into oracle world.
Installed OracleXE on my remote UBUNTU server.
From the server, sqlplus works perfectly.
From my client (followed this tutorial http://www.danilovizzarro.it/?p=10 ), i can connect via the
sqlplus connection string: #sqlplus hr/PASS@HOSTipADDRESS/XE .
But when i try just sqlplus and enter username/password later on, i get
ORA-12162:TNS:net service name is incorrectly specified .
My config:
OS - MAC OS X LEOPARD 10.5.5
#echo $ORACLE_SID
XE
#echo $ORACLE_HOME
/opt/oracle/instantclient_10_2/
#echo $TNS_ADMIN
/opt/oracle/tns/
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XE =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = HOSTipADDRESS)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = XE)
Any ideas - is it that sqlplus doesn't locate my tnsnames.ora file, or, maybe, there's an error in it?
thanks for any ideas, recipies, suggestions :)
enjoy the day,
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If I understand you correctly you only give userid and password,but no connect string. That would be a LOCAL connection,which will not work,because you issue the command on the client,not the database server. For local connections you have to specify a value for ORACLE_SID. If you do that on your client (doesn't make sense , because you don't have a database here), you should see a message like 'Oracle not available'. If ORACLE_SID is not defined you get ORA-12162,which is a little misleading.
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Ora-12162 TNS: net service name is incorrectly specified

hi ,
i have installed oracle 11g on an AIX node and configured asm as well. when i su - oracle and give sid as +ASM am able to get in to sqlplus as ASM and oracle home is ASM.
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--------- listener.ora-------------
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# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
LISTENER=
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
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(SID_LIST_LISTENER=
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---------- sqlnet.ora------------
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names.directory_path = (TNSNAMES)
trace_level_client = off
tcp.nodelay = yes
bequeath_detach = yes
sqlnet.expire_time = 10
sqlnet.inbound_connect_timeout = 0
adr_base=/u02
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(DESCRIPTION=
(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(COMMUNITY=tcp.world)(PROTOCOL=TCP)
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Hi;
Please see:
ORA-12162 When Logging in Using BEQ (no tnsnames alias) [ID 312348.1]
Similar issue also mention before here. Please see:
https://forums.oracle.com/forums/search.jspa?threadID=&q=ora-12162+&objID=c18&dateRange=all&userID=&numResults=15
Regard
Helios

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## Copyright(c) 1998, 2011 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. ##
## Specify values for the variables listed below to customize your ##
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## identifies the variable type.                                    ##
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Platform: x86 (VM EXSi 3.0)
OIM Infrastructure: OIM_OIF 10.1.4.0.1
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Thanks in advance
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user8149666 wrote:
Dear All
When I click 'LISTENER_<Full_hostname>' in the General section of Page Database and then click 'Net Services Administration' in the Related Links section of Page Listener through Oracle Enterprise Manger 10g Database Control in order to create Net Service Name in Oracle Internet Directory, I got following 500 Internal ErrorWhat do you mean by "in order to create Net Service Name in Oracle Internet Directory"?

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But If I login with "oracle"(a unix account),
command>sqlplus username/passwd
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@ OP
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When I login to database using SqlPlus with dba unix account,I go the following error message.
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ERROR:
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It is Ok for the following command.
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command>sqlplus username/passwd
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Let's assume your service name was "orcl.oracle.com" and now is "orcl", you can do (as sysdba) :
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Enumerate Net Service Names in C++?

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k1ng87 wrote:
Hi Ed,
thanks for the response. I tried what you suggested:
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but get the same result back...here is the full code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Client; // ODP.NET Oracle managed provider
using Oracle.DataAccess.Types;
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configexception: Could not create Oracle schema:oracle.net.config.ConfigException
You must update the schema from a computer which directly supports your type of directory
There are still only three options in the directory server type in NET8 config assitant.
Is there another way of creating the schema in iPlanet or is there some steps to be done in iPlanet first.
Regards
Pat

Retrieving local net service name

Hi, Guys:
Are there some APIs (C++ on Windows) from Oracle that can be used to retrieve net service names? Or I have to parse the tnsnames.ora file to get the service names?
Thanks,
Zhen

user2014538 wrote:
Please any body help me ...
I am using Win 7, installed Oracle 10g 32 bit, i wanted to use:
Net Configuration Assistant, its getting open but when i select Local Net Service Name configuration, the wizard is not going further.
Regardsis it windows Ultimate?
What is the Release? it 10gR1 or 10gR2?
First check is it certified or not
https://support.oracle.com/CSP/ui/flash.html#tab=CertifyHomePageV2%28page=CertifyHomePageV2&id=gtlnwdlz%28%29%29
also if possible you can configure manually also.

Net Service Names \ ODBC connection in 8i Pers

Hi,
I am new to Oracle and have 8i Personal
installed. I am trying to get an ODBC connection established to the sample database that was installed but it is not working. I have not been able to get the right combination of net service \ listener \ ODBC parameters. I have tried to do Test Database in the Net8 Assistant even on the
EXT_PROCCONNECTION_DAT service name that shipped but always get a ORA12560:Protocol Adaptor error. Should my protocol be IPC or TCP\IP - I am running local and the sample database is local, too. Does anyone know what parameters to use to get a connection or where I can find more about ODBC connections?
Thanks,
Mike Thrapp

Problem solved by running ODBC administrator from orahome instead of control panel.

Problem with Net Service name

while installing oracle data warehouse builder 10g
i am getting prob such tat
INS0009:Unable to connect to the database with user SYS
java.sql.SQLException:Io exception : could not resolve the connect identifier
OraHome_1\network\ADMIN\SAMPLE\TNSNAMES.ORA

hi my problem is in repository assistant IN 2ND STEP
After i enter the
Repository User name sindhu
Repository User Password tiger (As i kept the password of Oracle 10g)
SYSDBA User name SYS
SYSDBA Password tiger (As i kept the password of Oracle 10g)
Host name Local Host
Port number 1521 (default)
Oracle Service name OracleServiceXE
and i am not clicking the SQL* Plus
and clicking on " Next "
then my prob is
INS0009:Unable to connect to the database with the user SYS
java.sql.SQLException : Listener refused the connection with the following error
ORA-12514, TNS: listener dosenot currently know of service requested in connect descriptor
The Connection Descriptor used by the client was
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(HOST=LOCALHOST)(PROTOCOL=tcp)(PORT=1521))(CONNECT_DATA=
(SERVICE_NAME=ORACLESERVICEXE)))
hope some one will give me a gud solution
Waiting for ur reply
Sindhu

Managing Net Service Names in Oracle Internet Directory

Hello,
I would like to manage all my company's network Service Names using OID included in Oracle Fusion 11g.
Looking for a documentation I've found only an Oracle document related to OID 10.1.4.0.1
http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/chan-oid.html
Where is possible to find similar documentation related to OID in 11g release?
With Best Regards

Suggestion: realize that 11gR2 doesn't exist yet.

Unable to connect using Net service name

I'm running 10.2.0.3 on a RHEL 4 box. I am able to connect to Oracle locally using :
sqlplus username
however, if i try to login using:
sqlplus username@SID, i get this error message:
================================
ERROR:
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
==================================
My sqlnet.ora file looks like this:
=======================
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES=(NONE)
NAMES.DEFAULT_DOMAIN = world
NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH=(TNSNAMES)
=============================
and my tnsnames.ora file looks like this:
===========================
testsid.world =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 1.2.3.4)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVICE_NAME = testsid)
==================================
i ran TNSPING on the box, and that returns a success code, so I'm not really sure what I'm missing here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Peculiar.
When you show yourself logging on to an instance, wouldn't it be a good idea to then demonstrate that you've actually connected to the right instance? Instead, you do a mere count from a table. Why not, instead, do a select instance_name, status from v$instance? Then we would indeed know that an instance called TESTSID is running and that its status is OPEN. Without that, your statement that "this is how I know the database is up" is really just a faith-based proposition. The statement you show simply tells us AN instance is up: it doesn't tell us WHICH one, though (and your lsnrctl status feedback makes it clear more than one is running).
Your output from tnsping is largely irrelevant, too. TNSPING tells you whether your client can talk to a listener, and that's it. It says nothing at all about whether the instance you're trying to reach is up, down or otherwise engaged.
A better command to diagnose these sorts of things, incidentally, is lsnrctl services, because it's a service you are ultimately trying to connect to, so seeing what services your listener is aware of is more useful than knowing the status of the listener.
Anyway: your listener has been configured statically to listen for two instances (PBDPASSM and TESTSID). "Configuring statically" means simply that your listener.ora will have a SID_LIST section in which both those services are listed as things the listener should be listening for. Because they're in the SID_LIST, that's why those services are listed in your lsnrctl status report -and that's also why they're listed as status UNKNOWN.
If the instances were actually running, and unless you've set the LOCAL_LISTENER parameter in the init.ora for each instance to something weird, you would **also** see each service listed as 'Ready', because each instance's PMON background process would be registering the existence of its instance dynamically and actively with the listener. It's not saying, "Please listen for this but I don't know if it's running or not" but "here I am and I want you to listen on my behalf". So the listener does know its status at that point, and hence records it as 'ready'.
The fact that you don't have any statuses of 'ready' means the instances aren't running or they are running but unable to register with the listener (perhaps because LOCAL_LISTENER is directing them to some other listener running on another port). But if dynamic registration was not working for that reason, static registration would still be fine for the purposes of making connections if the instance was actually up. Which again raises the question of which one you managed to connect to when you did the sqlplus / as sysdba in your test.
I don't believe the case of anything is the issue here, by the way: your listener reports "testsid" and your SERVICE_NAME is asking for a connection to "testsid", so I see no problem there. It would be different if one said 'TESTSID' and the other 'testsid', but that's not what's happening.
I'd like to see the output of a ps -ef | grep PMON for this host. I'd also like to see the results of a select instance_name, status from v$instance when you do your test connection. And I'd finally like to see the output of show parameter local_listener.

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