tnsnames

Sometimes I get Oracle connection problems because I can't figure out which tnsnames.ora file my database client is using. What's the best way to figure this out? ++happy for various platform solutions. stjohnroe Oracle provides a utility called tnsping : R:\>tnsping someconnection TNS Ping Utility for 32-bit Windows: Version 9.0.1.3.1 - Production on 27-AUG-20 08 10:38:07 Copyright (c) 1997 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Used parameter files: C:\Oracle92\network\ADMIN\sqlnet.ora C:\Oracle92\network\ADMIN\tnsnames.ora TNS-03505: Failed to resolve name R:\> R:\>tnsping entpr01 TNS

I am evaluating Oracle SQL Developer . My tnsnames.ora is populated, and a tnsping to a connection defined in tnsnames.ora works fine. Still, SQL Developer does not display any connections. Oracle SQL Developer Soars mentions, that if you have Oracle client software and a tnsnames.ora file already installed on your machine, Oracle SQL Developer will automatically populate the Connections navigator from the net service names defined in tnsnames.ora. I also tried to set my TNS_ADMIN environment variable, but after restarting SQL Developer there are still no connections displayed. Any ideas?

I'm trying to connect to an oracle database with SQL Developer. I've installed the .Net oracle drivers and placed the tnsnames.ora file at C:\Oracle\product\11.1.0\client_1\Network\Admin I'm using the following format in tnsnames.ora: dev = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 192.168.XXX.XXX)(PORT = XXXX)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = idpdev2) ) ) In SQL Developer, when I try to create a new connection, no TNS-names show up as options. Is there something I'm missing? JaseAnderson SQL Developer will look in the following location in this order for a

I'm developing a very simple application which I intend to use to troubleshoot an issue I am having on a few machines but before I even got that far I ran into a few issues, including cpu architecture differences and Oracle database libraries. I have a database server listed in tnsnames.ora , sitting in my C:\oracle\11g\network\admin directory. If I tnsping this server I get the desired response. If I code my C# program to connect to this server with the following code using Oracle.DataAccess.Client, it works. string connectionString = "Data Source=DSDSDS;User Id=UNUNUN;Password=PWPWPW;";