Another shot in the dark:
what do you have in the sqlnet.ora of your client?

Maybe it is a domain problem. You are using .WORLD; try not to use it.

regards
Fabrizio

On 9/20/06, Paul Foerster <paul.foerster@(protected):
>
> Hi Fabrizio,
>
> > not sure since I don't have any oracle installation at the moment but I
> > believe the instant client search the tnsnames.ora in the ORACLE_HOME.
> > While you have the file in $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin.
> > So I think, in your case, it works only when you specify the right
> > tnsnames location with TWO_TASKS.
>
> ... I just tried copying the tnsnames.ora file from the server's home into
> the instant client's directory to which I also pointed ORACLE_HOME. It still
> doesn't work. I also explicitely tried to set TNS_ADMIN. Also without
> success. I slowly run out of ideas.
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> Paul
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