Macbook Pro battery not charging after getting new charger

Dog ate through my Macbook pro's charger, so I went to the apple store and bought a new charger.  The big one, that states it is for Macbook Pros.  85w, I think?
Anyway.  The Pro runs on the charger, but its battery is not charging.
I suppose it is possible the battery just up and died, but that would be a heck of a coincidence that it happened the moment I got a new adapter.
Do all adapters labelled for macbook pros charge all macbook pro batteries?

I had recently the same issue : my battery didn't want to charge anymore. I bought a new charger. Same problem. The battery didn't want to charge (a message near the battery icon at top right of the screen : "battery is not charging").
I tried the SMC thing. Ever the same problem.
I checked I got the latest firmware for my MacBook Pro Unibody mid-2009 (with the non-removable battery). I got it.
My battery was less than 2 years old and got only 138 cycles.
And the green light on the charger was not so shining as usual.
Before going to an Apple Store, I just tried to clean my MacBook Pro power connecter.
And... It works !
The Power connector was just dirty.
Now my battery is charging again.

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      Number of Processors:        1
      Total Number of Cores:       2
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      Manufacturer:              SMP
      Device Name:              bq20z451
      Pack Lot Code:            0000
      PCB Lot Code:             0000
      Firmware Version:       0201
      Hardware Revision:     000a
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      Fully Charged:                             No
      Charging:                                     No
      Full Charge Capacity (mAh):      0
      Health Information:
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      Battery Installed:            Yes
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      Voltage (mV):                9696
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      Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):            0
      Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):       15
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      Wake on Clamshell Open:              Yes
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      Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):       5
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      ID:                         0x0100
      Wattage (W):        60
      Revision:              0x0000
      Family:                 0x00ba
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