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OCI:DBCS:ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified (Doc ID 2923169.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 26, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Customer was unable to connect to the PDB. When connecting, they were getting



[oracle@xxxx ~]$ sqlplus test/<password>@PDB TNS alias from tnsnames.ora

SQL*Plus: Release 19.0.0.0.0 - Production on Fri Jan 20 08:50:22 2023
Version 19.16.0.0.0

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ERROR:
ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified

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Cause

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