Source registration-successful with one problem with other

Question

Hi everyone,
I have two schemas icecube_cur_ownr and icecube_his_ownr.
I can access the two schemas from SQL plus,toad.The TNS entries are as follows
icecube_cur_ownr=
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = xxx.xx.xx.xx)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = PRIMARY)
icecube_his_ownr=
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = xx.x.xx.xxx)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = CADS)
Also I am able to register the icecube_cur_ownr as a source and succesfully import the tables in OWB through design centre
The problem is with icecube_his_ownr.During the registration process,when I try to test the connection it pops me an error in the test results
ORA-12170 :TNS:connection timeout occurred
Ignoring the error,I proceeded to import the tables and the error message popped up is as follows
SQL exception
Reporsitory error:SQL exception
Class Name:cacheMediator
Method Name:getDDentry from DB
Repository error message:ORA-12170 :TNS:connection timeout occurred
Wondering why the connection is successful for one source and failing for the other as I have followed the same procedure for both the cases.
Could you please guide me to solve this.
Thanks Much
Sridh

Answer 1

Hi,
it's different because you connect to diffferent instances.icecube_cur_ownr=PRIMARY, icecube_his_ownr=CADS.
Did you use the same TNS-Entry to connect with the CADS per sqlplus? If you have several oracle_homes you cannot be not really sure what tnsnames.ora the owb uses.
So look for some other tnsnames.ora files on this machine and verify the entries for icecube_his_ownr. Perhaps they differ.
Or use the host/port/Service-method to create the source location to icecube_his_ownr, not the tns option.
Regards,
Detlef