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WLE - Unable to connect to my database! UnknownHost Exception . . . (Doc ID 765512.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 08, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle WebLogic Server - Version 6.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Information in this document applies to any platform

Goal

Customer is one step away from testing our connectivity to our Oracle database. 
Customer have been able to test connectivity from other applications and through SQLPLUS, but they are still unable to connect from our Java application with jdbcKona driver. 
We're getting the error: 
"Failed to find host:  java.net.UnknownHostException." 
The host machine is up and running at the IP address 127.0.0.1. What's the problem?

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