From: CS on
I solved the problem I had a bad entry in / etc / hosts
I had
192.168.1.251 hpserver
and should be
192.168.1.251 hpserwer

whole day wasted because v instead of w.

THX for answers

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> Hi
>
> I reinstalled my database Oracle XE and now when I run it
> /etc/init.d/oracle-xe start,
> It hangs for a few minutes on : "Starting Oracle Net Listener... " and
> when trying to connectto database i get ORA-12505: TNS: listener could not
> resolve SID given in connection description.
>
> Any ideas ?
>

From: gazzag on
On 5 Aug, 12:31, "CS" <c...(a)gryftechnologia.com> wrote:
> I solved the problem I had a bad entry in / etc / hosts
> I had
> 192.168.1.251 hpserver
> and should be
> 192.168.1.251 hpserwer

Or should the entry in tnsnames.ora be "hpserver"? Anyway, no matter;
glad you fixed the problem.

> whole day wasted because v instead of w.

Yes, computers are funny like that ;)

> THX for answers

-g
From: joel garry on
On Aug 5, 4:31 am, "CS" <c...(a)gryftechnologia.com> wrote:


> whole day wasted because v instead of w.
>


I've wasted entire days on VW's, fer sure :-)

jg
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From: gazzag on
On 5 Aug, 12:38, gazzag <gar...(a)jamms.org> wrote:
> On 5 Aug, 12:31, "CS" <c...(a)gryftechnologia.com> wrote:
>
> > I solved the problem I had a bad entry in / etc / hosts
> > I had
> > 192.168.1.251 hpserver
> > and should be
> > 192.168.1.251 hpserwer
>
> Or should the entry in tnsnames.ora be "hpserver"?  Anyway, no matter;
> glad you fixed the problem.
>
> > whole day wasted because v instead of w.
>
> Yes, computers are funny like that ;)
>
> > THX for answers
>
> -g

I would suggest that you change the entry in /etc/hosts back to what
it was. You might screw something else up. Surely you'd be better
off changing tnsnames.ora instead?

-g