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ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error [message #575165] Sun, 20 January 2013 16:36 Go to next message
ganesh_gvn
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Dear All,

I have installed Oracle 11gR2 on Window 7 (Home Basic).

Now I am trying to access my database with named 'TEST', from cmd, but I am getting "TNS:protocol adapter error"

Below is the error :
=============================================================================================
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Home>sqlplus

SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Mon Jan 21 03:59:55 2013

Copyright (c) 1982, 2010, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Enter user-name: sys as sysdba
Enter password:
ERROR:
ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error


Enter user-name: / as sysdba
ERROR:
ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
==================================================================================================


When I start the service name 'OracleServiceTest', then I am not getting the error. But It won't allow me to 'startup' the database instead database get started with 'OracleServiceTest' service start.

I am doing this as ADMINISTRATOR. I am not understanding where I am wrong. How this can be solved. Please suggest me.

Thanks in advance.
Ganesh

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Re: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error [message #575174 is a reply to message #575165] Sun, 20 January 2013 22:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
rishwinger
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Ganesh

I hope you googled about this error and tried everything

I am not sure this would work for you but
I resolved this error by fixing my environment variables

Edit environment variable tns_admin and point it to your tnsnames.ora file location

Re: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error [message #575175 is a reply to message #575174] Sun, 20 January 2013 22:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BlackSwan
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>I have installed Oracle 11gR2 on Window 7 (Home Basic).
No Oracle version is ever supported on any Windows Home Edition.
I don't know of anyone who has gotten V11 Oracle to work on Windows 7 Home edition.
Re: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error [message #575251 is a reply to message #575175] Mon, 21 January 2013 13:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ganesh_gvn
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Dear Rishwinger ,

I googled everything before posting above query.

But the issue not resolved. even as per your comment , "Edit environment variable tns_admin and point it to your tnsnames.ora file location" , i did it earlier but not working. Sad

I am confused here , why do I need listener as, I am trying to access database on same OS where database is residing . Sorry for my query but I am too confused.


Thanks ,
Ganesh
Re: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error [message #575252 is a reply to message #575251] Mon, 21 January 2013 13:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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You need to have a correct OS configuration, that is NOT a Home Edition.

Regards
Michel
Re: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error [message #575255 is a reply to message #575251] Mon, 21 January 2013 14:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Solomon Yakobson
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ganesh_gvn wrote on Mon, 21 January 2013 14:47
I googled everything before posting above query.


I seriously doubted.

ganesh_gvn wrote on Mon, 21 January 2013 14:47
even as per your comment , "Edit environment variable tns_admin and point it to your tnsnames.ora file location" , i did it earlier but not working.


That comment is pure nonsense. You are using local connection (/ as sysdba), so TNS is irrelevant. What is relevant is ORACLE environment. As a minimum when making a local connection you MUST have ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID defined. And ORACLE_SID must point to a database you are trying to make connection to. Look what happens when ORACLE_SID points to non-existent database:

c:\TEMP>set ORACLE_SID=abc

c:\TEMP>sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.3.0 Production on Mon Jan 21 15:05:41 2013

Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

ERROR:
ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error


Enter user-name: ^C
c:\TEMP>set ORACLE_SID=orcl

c:\TEMP>sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.3.0 Production on Mon Jan 21 15:05:57 2013

Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle.  All rights reserved.


Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options

SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options

c:\TEMP>


And yo show it has nothing to do with TNS:

c:\TEMP>set TNS_ADMIN=abracadabra

c:\TEMP>sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.3.0 Production on Mon Jan 21 15:07:45 2013

Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle.  All rights reserved.


Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options

SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options

c:\TEMP>


SY.
Re: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error [message #575259 is a reply to message #575255] Mon, 21 January 2013 15:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thanks for the update Sir.
Re: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error [message #575261 is a reply to message #575259] Mon, 21 January 2013 15:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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ganesh_gvn wrote on Mon, 21 January 2013 16:00
Thanks for the update


Did it help?

SY.
Re: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error [message #575263 is a reply to message #575261] Mon, 21 January 2013 15:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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SY Sir, I understood the above example.

In my case , I have to start the OracleService from services, then only I am able to work.
Re: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error [message #575264 is a reply to message #575263] Mon, 21 January 2013 15:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This is OS specific behavior. If, for example, on Unix/Linus all you need is to start the database, Windows is different. You MUST start service, otherwise you will get ORA-12560.

SY.
Re: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error [message #642568 is a reply to message #575165] Mon, 14 September 2015 10:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I still get the same error, when I tried to surf I found some service needs to be started, but the same was not found in my services.msc.

Regarding Oracle I have only the TNS services.

Error: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error

Can someone help me with some suggestion.
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Re: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error [message #642571 is a reply to message #642568] Mon, 14 September 2015 11:16 Go to previous message
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maniit2k7@gmail.com wrote on Mon, 14 September 2015 10:42
I still get the same error, when I tried to surf I found some service needs to be started, but the same was not found in my services.msc.

Regarding Oracle I have only the TNS services.

Error: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error

Can someone help me with some suggestion.


Thank you for hijacking someone else's old thread.

It appears that you only installed the oracle client, not the dbms. You have no database to connect to.
Further, the tiny little screen shot (I had to get out the magnifying glass) seems to show that you didn't expand the column with the name of the service, thus hiding valuable information.

[Updated on: Mon, 14 September 2015 11:18]

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