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ORA-12154: TNS: could not resolve the connect identifier specified

AravindhKMay 23 2015 — edited May 24 2015

Hi,

I have installed Oracle 11g server in Windows 2008 and also installed DB client 64 & client 32 in the same server.

When I try to Test the Oracle DB connection using UDL file, I am getting below error message. Please could you help me to resolve this issue.

--------------------------- Microsoft Data Link Error ---------------------------

Test connection failed because of an error in initializing provider.

[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]

SQL Server does not exist or access denied.

--------------------------- OKĀ  ---------------------------

I have logged in to SQL plus using sysdba and tried to connect to the schema. It is not connecting and throwing below error.

"ORA-12154: TNS: could not resolve the connect identifier specified"

I checked the TNSNAMES.ora file. Everything looks fine.

Thanks,

Aravindh K

This post has been answered by Richard Harrison . on May 23 2015
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