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File: SQL Access ManagerSQL error. Stmt #: 2 Error Position: 0 Return: 12541 - ORA-12541: TNS:no listener
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If it is a network problem, "no listener" might mean the server it's trying to talk to isn't responding on whatever port the machine is trying to communicate on... Or something in between the two devices is blocking said communication. I'm just not sure if that's exactly what that message means.

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Sorry IDK much about computer stuff, I just assumed it was a network thing. What else could it be?
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Yeah, sounds like it's tryin' to talk, and no one wants to hear it's shit

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13358656/oracle-client-ora-12541-tnsno-listener

Might help

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Sorry, I should have mentioned if I wasn't clear. I was just trying to look at a paystub. That's the error I got when trying to log in.
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Cornmuffins posted...

Sorry IDK much about computer stuff, I just assumed it was a network thing. What else could it be?

If the message means what I think it does, it could also be that the server the computer is trying to talk to isn't responding...

So like

If it is a network problem, some possibilities:

[Machine getting the error sends packet to server, let's just say it's using port TCP5858] ---> network devices --- firewall not allowing communication on port TCP5858 ---> Server (packet never gets here)

So "no listener" could mean the server that is supposed to listen on port TCP5858 never received the packet

Or if it's a problem with the server itself, then the server could possibly not be configured to respond on that port... so it'd be like...

[Machine getting the error sends packet to server, let's just say it's using port TCP5858] ---> network devices --- firewall IS allowing communication on port TCP5858 ---> Server (packet gets here, but the server doesn't know it's supposed to respond to packets with a destination port of TCP5858, so it just drops the packet)

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Now I get this:

bea.jolt.ServiceException: TPENOENT - no entry found

I figured the site was just fucked up. I was just curious as to the why. Thanks for the help guys.
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