Hi,

I need to connect to the database on the UNIX server from my laptop. So I updated TNSNAMES.ORA and LISTENER.ORA on my machine as follows:

TNSNAMES.ORA
----------------------------------------------------
ICT =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = unix4.ict.prod)(PORT = 1523))
)
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = SHARED)
(SERVICE_NAME = ict)
)
)



LISTENER.ORA
-------------------------------------------------------

ICT =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = unix4.ict.prod)(PORT = 1523))
)
--------------------------------------------------------------

but I still get the error message :

ERROR:
ORA-12541: TNS:no listener

any idea why it can't see the new listener?

Alf