From: anacdent@hotmail.com   
      
   Swapnajit Mittra wrote:   
   > Hello all,   
   >   
   > I have oracle 9i installed on win2k. It works without problem   
   > most of the time, but once in a while I get TNS-12560:protocol   
   > adapter error --> during login <--.   
   >   
   > I know re-installation is probably one solution which I did   
   > earlier but seeing the mess it involves, I am not very inclined   
   > to do so.   
   >   
   > Following the suggestions of an earlier post in this newsgroup,   
   > I tried the following things in a DOS window:   
   >   
   > 1. Ping my machine: Worked   
   > 2. tnsping my ORACLE_SID (which is ORACL): Gave OK.   
   > 3. set ORACLE_SID=ORACL   
   > 4. sqlplus system/manger: This still gave a 12560 error.   
   >   
   > I am a novice in this. Can somebody please let me know   
   > how to debug this problem? I am attaching my listener.ora   
   > and tnsnames.ora from the D:\oracle\ora92\network\admin   
   > directory if that helps.   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   > - Swapnajit.   
      
      
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