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Oracle/ SQL Developer connection problem.

751980Feb 6 2010 — edited Sep 26 2010
I have installed Oracle 11 g and SQL Developer, When I open SQL Developer and try to make a new connection ( I name the connection, put a user name in, put my password in), I click on "Test" and I get this error:

Status: Failure - Test failed: Listener refused the connection with the followong error:ORA-12505, TNS: listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor The connection descroptor used by the client was:localhost:1521:ex

Can anyone explain this to me and help me resolve this issue I am having?
Thank you in advance for your help
-steve
p.s. I have also tried the user name: Scott and Password: Tiger
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