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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I can connect to an Oracle 10g db using SQLPLUS no problem. So I defined the db in the Powerhouse Dictionary Manager with the same Id/password like so –<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">MODE:F ACTION:RFO FILE Screen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 01 File IPS Organization RELATIONAL <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> ORACLE@MEMPRD.NRS.BCGOV <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> MODE:F ACTION: RELATIONAL FILE OPTIONS <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 01 HEX ? N Low Fill Char 03 Database Stmt in PDL ? N <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> 06 Database Owner <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> Database Password ********* <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> User Id PROXY_MFIN_PRMS <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">. When Quiz tries to access the db I get – <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">:quiz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">> acc IPS_TITLE_FAMILY_UWI_VW in ips<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*W* SQL START DBE error (IPS).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">DMS-E-GENERAL, A general exception has occurred during operation 'attach<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">database'.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ORA-12162: TNS:net service name is incorrectly specified<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*E* The file IPS_TITLE_FAMILY_UWI_VW IN IPS wasn't found in the data<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">dictionary.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sometimes it will connect but then give – “ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any ideas what’s going on here?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Regards,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Martyn Thomson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Senior Technical Analyst, Development Services</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Information Technology Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#003D83;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">HP Advanced Solutions Inc.</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#003D83;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">phone: 250.405.4555 | fax: 250.405.4422</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">email:<a href="mailto:martyn.thomson@hpadvancedsolutions.com"><span style="color:blue">martyn.thomson@hpadvancedsolutions.com</span></a>
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