Cannot conect to Discoverer Plus OLAP (D4O-1014 error)

Question

Hello everybody,
On a laptop WindowsXP, 1G RAM, 3GHZ I have installed:
- oracle database 9.2.0.1.0 upgraded to 9.2.07 (dbname=HOMEDB, sid=SIDHOMEDB, hostname=aspire3000); all 9.2.0.7 OLAP patches are applied
- business intelligence 10g 10.1.2.0 (and the BI Tools)
- business intelligence 10g samples version 10.1.2.0.0_c
I cannot connect to Discoverer OLAP.
I try to connect to the sample data using:
user: scott
password: tiger
host: aspire3000
port: 1521
SID: homedb (Regarding the value for SID: my database's sid is sidhomedb, but when I insert sidhomedb as value for SID while connecting to PLUS I receive error: "Insert a valid SID", so instead I insert the dbname: homedb)
I receive the following error: D4O-1014 unknown exception while connecting to database.
The diagnose shows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<D4OCheckConfig version="1.0.0.0">
<Check key="JDK version" value="1.5.0_06"/>
<Check key="BI Beans internal version" value="3.2.1.0.13"/>
<Check key="Discoverer Plus OLAP version" value="10.1.2.07.59"/>
<Check key="Discoverer version" value="10.1.2.45.46c"/>
<Check key="host" value="aspire3000"/>
<Check key="port" value="1521"/>
<Check key="sid" value="homedb"/>
<Check key="user" value="scott"/>
<Check key="Connect to database" value="Unsuccessful, verify if your connect information is correct and your database instance and listener are available."/>
<Check key="Failure Point" value="JDBCFailed"/>
<Check key="StackTrace">
<![CDATA[
==========================================
1) Listener refused the connection with the following error:
ORA-12505, TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
The Connection descriptor used by the client was:
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(HOST=aspire3000)(PROTOCOL=tcp)(PORT=1521))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=homedb)))
1) Listener refused the connection with the following error:
ORA-12505, TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
The Connection descriptor used by the client was:
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(HOST=aspire3000)(PROTOCOL=tcp)(PORT=1521))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=homedb)))
================================
java.sql.SQLException: Listener refused the connection with the following error:
ORA-12505, TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
The Connection descriptor used by the client was:
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(HOST=aspire3000)(PROTOCOL=tcp)(PORT=1521))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=homedb)))
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:124)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:279)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.logon(T4CConnection.java:321)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.<init>(PhysicalConnection.java:346)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.<init>(T4CConnection.java:149)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CDriverExtension.getConnection(T4CDriverExtension.java:31)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:543)
     at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
     at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.dss.datautil.client.BICheckConfig.getJDBCConnection(BICheckConfig.java:606)
     at oracle.dss.d4o.common.D4OCheckConfig.checkConnection(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.dss.d4o.common.D4OCheckConfig.checkConnection(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.dss.d4o.gui.common.DiagnoseDialog$ConfigTask.construct(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.dss.d4o.gui.common.SwingWorker$4.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
]]>
</Check>
</D4OCheckConfig>
I don't understand what's wrong with the listener. Using the same connection string (user bi_user, host aspire3000, port 1521, SID homedb) I can connect to Discoverer relational with no problems.
Here it is my listener.ora:
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC0))
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = aspire3000)(PORT = 1521))
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = c:\oracle\ora90)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
(SID_DESC =
(GLOBAL_DBNAME = HOMEDB)
(ORACLE_HOME = c:\oracle\ora90)
(SID_NAME = SIDHOMEDB)
The result of lsnrctl>services is:
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC0)))
Services Summary...
Service "HOMEDB" has 2 instance(s).
Instance "SIDHOMEDB", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(S) for this service...
Handler(s):
"DEDICATED" established:0 refused:0
LOCAL SERVER
Instance "SIDHOMEDB", status READY, has 1 handler(S) for this service...
Handler(s):
"DEDICATED" established:2 refused:0 state:ready
LOCAL SERVER
The listener.log shows:
06-MAR-2006 12:37:57 * (CONNECT_DATA=(CID=(PROGRAM=)(HOST=__jdbc__)(USER=))(SID=homedb)) * (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=1038)) * establish * homedb * 12505
TNS-12505: TNS:listener could not resolve SID given in connect descriptor
I don't understand: what's this HOST=_jdbc_ ? My listener.ora is not good?
Any help will be appreciated!
Thank you

Answer 1

Hi! Keith,
I have the same problem as this one but while accessing oracle database through JDBC. The solution you suggested is to rename database instance since length of instance name is more than 8.But in my case I ket the instance default to xe.Still I am getting same exception while I accessing database through JDBC.Fo your reference I am giving stack trace.
java.sql.SQLException: Listener refused the connection with the following error:
ORA-12505, TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor
The Connection descriptor used by the client was:
127.0.0.1:1521:xe
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:112)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:261)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.logon(T4CConnection.java:387)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.<init>(PhysicalConnection.java:414)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.<init>(T4CConnection.java:165)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CDriverExtension.getConnection(T4CDriverExtension.java:35)
     at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:801)
     at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:525)
     at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:171)
     at net.kynesys.jdbc.oracle.Test.main(Test.java:21)