TNSPING failure and but surprising connecting through SQL*PLUS

I have Oracle 9i and Oracle 10g express edition installed on my local machine.But since in the path i specified path of Oracle10g first so always tnsnames.ora got picked up from Oracl10g directory which is
C:\softwares\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\network\admin\sqlnet.ora
Following are the contents of my sqlnet.ora :--->
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS)
Following are the contents of my tnsnames.ora:-->
CCTD91 =(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = cctdev91.jankoc.com)(PORT = 1521)))(CONNECT_DATA =(SERVICE_NAME = CCTD91)))
Now when i am doing tnsping to this i got the error as:
C:\>tnsping cctd91
TNS Ping Utility for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on 23-APR-2011 16:08:52
Copyright (c) 1997, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Used parameter files:
C:\softwares\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\network\admin\sqlnet.ora
TNS-03505: Failed to resolve name
But when i connect through Oracle 9i client(SQL*Plus) like peter/devworks@CCTD91, then i am able to connect successfully to Oracle 11g.
Could someone let me know why TNSPING is failing for this and then still why i am able to connect thru SQL*PLUS using the name defined in TNSNAMES.ORA. ?

sqlnet.ora is having just one line:
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES = (NTS)
I tried by adding another line: NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH=(TNSNAMES) but did not make any difference so i removed.
C:\>lsnrctl service
LSNRCTL for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on 24-APR-2011 19:06:36
Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC_FOR_XE)))
Services Summary...
Service "CLRExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "CLRExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Handler(s):
"DEDICATED" established:0 refused:0
LOCAL SERVER
Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "PLSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Handler(s):
"DEDICATED" established:0 refused:0
LOCAL SERVER
Service "XEXDB" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "xe", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Handler(s):
"D000" established:0 refused:0 current:0 max:1002 state:ready
DISPATCHER <machine: localhost, pid: 3288>
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=localhost.XXX.XXX.COM)(PORT=1041))
Service "XE_XPT" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "xe", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Handler(s):
"DEDICATED" established:0 refused:0 state:ready
LOCAL SERVER
Service "xe" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "xe", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Handler(s):
"DEDICATED" established:0 refused:0 state:ready
LOCAL SERVER
The command completed successfully
C:\>lsnrctl status
LSNRCTL for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on 24-APR-2011 19:08:48
Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC_FOR_XE)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
Start Date 23-APR-2011 16:05:49
Uptime 1 days 3 hr. 2 min. 59 sec
Trace Level off
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP OFF
Default Service XE
Listener Parameter File C:\softwares\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\network\admin\listener.ora
Listener Log File C:\softwares\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\network\log\listener.log
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PIPENAME=\\.\pipe\EXTPROC_FOR_XEipc)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=localhost.xxx.xxx.COM)(PORT=1521)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=127.0.0.1)(PORT=8080))(Presentation=HTTP)(Session=RAW))
Services Summary...
Service "CLRExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "CLRExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "PLSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "XEXDB" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "xe", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "XE_XPT" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "xe", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "xe" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "xe", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully
C:\>
Oracle 11g is installed remotely on our office LAN.
Please note that i just removed company name with XXX from the above lsnrcts commands output, just for security reasons.

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Listener Log File C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\network\l
og\listener.log
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PIPENAME=\\.\pipe\EXTPROC1ipc)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=VANDERBI-M8R870)(PORT=1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "CLRExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "CLRExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 3 handler(s) for this service...
Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "PLSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully
when I try to connect with SQL PLUS
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Beta on Thu Nov 17 23:44:45 2005
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL> connect / as sysdba
ERROR:
ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
I do have the entry in TNSNAMES.ORA
XE =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = VANDERBI-M8R870)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = XE)
any ideas?

The TNS-12154 (ORA-12154) error appears when SQL*Net cannot find the alias specified for a connection in the TNSNAMES.ORA file or other naming adapter.
Since we can clearly see the XE entry in your TNSNAMES.ORA file from your further post, the message implies that you are not using the TNSNAMES.ORA that contains the entry, or something is changing the lookup so the entry is not found.
Using a different TNSNAMES.ORA can occur under the following situations:
1) You have a TNS_ADMIN environment variable or registry entry that points somewhere other than this TNSNAMES.ORA
2) You are on Windows NT and are using a SQLPLus that is in a different ORACLE_HOME. The WIndows environment forces the use of the networking subsystem in the ORACLE_HOME as the client program (such as SQLPLUS), which defaults to the TNSNAMES.ORA in the home as the client.
Things I would check:
- is there another TNSNAMES.ORA anywhere on the system
- is there a system environment variable called TNS_ADMIN, or is that string found in the registry
- is there possibly a second SQLPlus.exe (even on a networked drive) that migt be called before the XE - supplied SQLPLUS
It is also possible to have a SQLNET.ORA impacting the way TNSNAMES.ORA is used. If all else checks out, we should look at the %ORACLE_HOME%\network\admin\sqlnet.ora in detail as well.
By the way, the Oracle Network Administration docco has two whole chapters devoted to troubleshooting networking issues, from initial config through data errors in the various config files. If you want to track it faster, check out http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/network.102/b14212/troublestng.htm

Segmentation Fault when connecting to SQL*Plus from Applications tier

Hi Everyone -
I am currently in the process of upgrading a client from 11.5.10.2 to 12.1.1 (eventually 12.1.3) on a OEL x86-64 server. I have laid down the software stack and followed all of the requirements as per the Installation manuals and 761566.1. I also have an open SR right now on this issue - but I wanted to see if any of you have ever run into the issue that I am encountering.
When I try to run adadmin/adpatch - I get to the prompt of providing the system user password and the utility simply exits. No errors in adpatch.log or adadmin.log (both are 0 bytes in size).
When I try to connect using SQL*Plus from the applications tier using either:
sqlplus apps/****@SID
sqlplus system/****@SID
I get a Segmentation Fault error. There are also no errors in my alert log file on the database tier. I found this error while attempting to apply the upgrade merge patch.
Has anyone ever seen s Segmentation Fault error? I have search MOS, found a couple of potential solutions - but nothing has solved the issue so far.
Thanks in advance...
Brenna

>
Are you on 11.1.0.5.0? Is this the database version?
No, my database tier is 11.2.0.3 (the database version displayed above was the client version running on the Application Tier.
Who is the owner of the application tier files? If it is applmgr user, please make sure you login as that user and source the application env file before running sqlplus -- Please issue "echo $ORACLE_HOME" and "which sqlplus" and post the output here.
My owner of the application tier is oracle. I have sourced the environment using $APPL_TOP/APPSR12Dev1_******.env
[oracle@****** log]$ echo $ORACLE_HOME
/u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2
[oracle@****** log]$ which sqlplus
/u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/bin/sqlplus
>
Please relink sqlplus by issuing "$ORACLE_HOME/bin/relink all > relink.txt 2>&1" and check the relink.txt file for any error
A number of errors occur during the relink, here are some of them:
/u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/bin/genclntsh
/usr/bin/ld: warning: i386:x86-64 architecture of input file `/u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/lib/libn10.a(nnfgt.o)' is incompatible with i386 output
/usr/bin/ld: warning: i386:x86-64 architecture of input file `/u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/lib/libn10.a(ntcontab.o)' is incompatible with i386 output
/u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/bin/genagtsh /u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/lib/libagtsh.so 1.0
/usr/bin/ld: warning: i386:x86-64 architecture of input file `/u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/lib/libn10.a(nnfgt.o)' is incompatible with i386 output
/usr/bin/ld: warning: i386:x86-64 architecture of input file `/u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/lib/libn10.a(ntcontab.o)' is incompatible with i386 output
/u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/lib/libn10.a(nnfgt.o):(.rodata+0xc8): undefined reference to `nnflboot'
/u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/lib/libn10.a(ntcontab.o):(.data+0x8): undefined reference to `nttini'
/u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/lib/libn10.a(ntcontab.o):(.data+0x28): undefined reference to `ntzini'
/u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/lib/libn10.a(ntcontab.o):(.data+0x68): undefined reference to `ntpini'
/u01/app/oracle/R12Dev1/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/lib/libn10.a(ntcontab.o):(.data+0x88): undefined reference to `ntusini'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Thanks again...

Connection Via SQL*Plus Worksheet

Dear Friends,
I have a peculiar problem. I am connecting via 9i client to a oracle 8i server.
I could manage to access the database via 9i client's EM and SQL scratch pad. But I am unable to connect via SQL*plus worksheet.
I got this error
ERROR:
ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve service name
While I test the service name via Oracle Net manager, it is successful.
Anybody could shed some light.
Regards
Kumar

Enterprise Manager still has SQL*Plus Worksheet. See:
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/em.920/a96670/ch_alone.htm#1015179
-- CJ

Error when connecting to SQL*PLUS via ODBC to Excel

OS: Windows 2000 Professional
Oracle DB: 9i release 2
SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0
MS Excel: 2000
===================
When I try to connect to SQL*PLUS via ODBC to Excel with "connect scott/tiger@odbc:libro" I get the following error:
ORA-03121: no interface driver connected - function not performed

SQL Server objects are commonly case sensitive, so please surround the column and table names by double quotes:
SELECT "Type_PK_ID" FROM "dbo"."boundaries"@sqlserver
SIDE NOTE: Oracle is by default not case sensitive and all object names are stored in upper case. To get case sensitive objects they need to be surrounded by double quotes. In HSODBC case sensitive table names were commonly found even when not surrounded by double quotes as the gateway used internal SQL Server methods to find the correct table nameing - this method does not work for column names. So to be able to query a case sensitive column it needs to be surrounded by double quotes and the table name must be written as stored in the source database.

How to connect from sql*plus to Sql Server

Dear Profs.
How I can connect from sql*plus v8 on my local pc(Win XP) to Sql Server Express 2005 light weight installed in same local pc ?
Thanks,
Ahmed.

You'll need to setup heterogeneous services. This is done by creating an init file for the SQL Server db with %ORACLE_HOME%\hs\admin that refers to a DSN for the Sql Server Database. The listener would also need an entry for the SQL Server DB DSN. After that you would create a dblink to SQL Server in your Oracle instance and then could query across the dblink.

HT6010 I have tried to update my iOS 7.3.0 and I keep getting a msg saying bit connected to the Internet and I am connected by WiFi plus my phone has Internet connected also, I have repeatedly clicked on retry, still get message bit connected to Internet

I have tried to update my iOS 7.3.0 and I keep getting a msg saying bit connected to the Internet and I am connected by WiFi plus my phone has Internet connected also, I have repeatedly clicked on retry, still get message bit connected to Internet

Try this support document http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694 and look at this section.
Unable to contact the iOS software update server gs.apple.com
Error 1004, 1013, 1638, 3194: These errors may be the result of the connection to gs.apple.com being redirected or blocked. Follow these steps to resolve these errors:
Install the latest version of iTunes.
Check security software. Ensure that communication to gs.apple.com is allowed. Follow this article for assistance with security software. iTunes for Windows: Troubleshooting security software issues.
Check the hosts file. The restore will fail if there is an active entry to redirect gs.apple.com. Follow iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting to edit the hosts file or revert to a default hosts file. See section "Blocked by configuration: (Mac OS X/Windows) > Rebuild network information".
Try to restore from another known-good computer and network.
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TNSPING failure and but surprising connecting through SQL*PLUS

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