ORA-12514: TNS: listener could not resolve SERVICE_NAME


 

I'm using Oracle 10g on Windows 2000.
What's cause of this error and how to resolve it?

Answer by Edward Stoever:

ORA-12514: TNS:listener does not currently know of service requested in connect descriptor

Cause: The listener received a request to establish a connection to a database or other service. The connect descriptor received
by the listener specified a service name for a service (usually a database service) that either has not yet dynamically registered with the listener or has not been statically configured for the listener. This may be a temporary condition such as after the listener has started, but before the database instance has registered with the listener.

Action:

- Wait a moment and try to connect a second time.

- Check which services are currently known by the listener by executing:

lsnrctl services <listener name>

- Check that the SERVICE_NAME parameter in the connect descriptor of the net service name used specifies a service known by the listener.

- If an easy connect naming connect identifier was used, check that the service name specified is a service known by the listener.

- Check for an event in the listener.log file.
 

I avoid using a listener connection when I startup or shutdown, as a matter of practice. I realize that cannot always be done. Are you physically on the machine? Can you ssh or telnet in and run sqlplus on the box? Then connect like so:

do not connect with the @mydb to avoid the listener.