Error 'ORA-12545 Connect failed because target host or object does not exist' When Attempting to Connect to a Standalone Oracle XE Database in P6 Professional (Doc ID 1196729.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 05, 2019

Applies to:

Primavera P6 Professional Project Management - Version 7.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

When attempting to access the Oracle XE database in P6 Professional in a standalone environment, the following error occurs:

ORA-12545 - Connection failed because target host or object does not exist

In addition, the Oracle Listener service OracleTNSListener starts and stops then displays the following exception:

Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do.

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