On Sat, 28 Feb 2004, Mike wrote: > Progress I love it!!! > Ok, so now when I start sqlplus I try to login, but I get an error > > ORA-12162: TNS:net service name is incorrectly specified > > So I went back to /usr/lib/oracle/10.1.0.2/network/admin/tnsnames.ora and I > removed the other tnsnames, ie 119dp and 164, as I got the file from the > cisora website. When you login thru windows it asks you for the host string, > in linux it is not... In Linux you can specify it like this: sqlplus username/password@connect-string or... sqlplus username@connect-string or... Set the default environment variable to always use your particular connect-string in your profile config file: export TWO_TASK=cis119abc --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss