Hi Jovery,

I looked at the note you suggested, I ran the lsnrctl status command and received the following result:

Connecting to (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(PORT=1521))
STATUS of the LISTENER
------------------------
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
Start Date 19-NOV-2002 11:58:53
Uptime 15 days 22 hr. 9 min. 26 sec
Trace Level off
Security OFF
SNMP OFF
Listener Parameter File /home/portals/NETWORK/ADMIN/listener.ora
Listener Log File /opt/oracle920/network/log/listener.log
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=cream.eclecticgroup.co.uk)(PORT=1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "PORTALS.world" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "PORTALS", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully


This shows the service PORTALS.WORLD, it's the database that I can't see - I don't have the option to use the GUI Configuration assistant on this machine.

The Services.ora file is as follows (no mention of PORTALS)

cream.eclecticgroup.co.uk = (ORACLE_NODE, cream.eclecticgroup.co.uk, cream.eclec
ticgroup.co.uk, (PLATFORM=(osName=Linux)(osVersion=2.4.18)(oracleHomes=/opt/orac
le920)))
cream.eclecticgroup.co.uk:4443 = (oracle_sysman_webserver, cream.eclecticgroup.c
o.uk, http://cream.eclecticgroup.co.uk:4443/server-status, unavailable, /opt/ora
cle920/Apache/Apache/conf/httpd.conf, /opt/oracle920/Apache/Apache)

Any further ideas would be appreciated.

Allie