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REP-501 error in Oracle reports? REP-501: Unable to connect to the specified database. ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied Answer: REP-501 typically means that Oracle*Reports is unable to locate any available Oracle Databases. By default, Oracle Reports will only look for available databases in tnsnames.ora. REP-501: Unable to connect to the specified database. Cause: Reports Builder tried to but could not connect to ORACLE. The possible causes of this error include a case where Oracle is temporarily unavailable or your connect information was not valid. Action: Retry the connection and check the network connectivity. Note that after three attempts you will be disconnected from the SQL*Reports server. See MOSC document titled "REP-501 Error When Connecting to Oracle Reports Using Externally Authorized User" ( Doc ID 162457.1 ). Oracle SQL*Reports notes that a common cause of this REP-501 error includes: - TNS: Check for a missing entry in the tnsnames.ora file. The tnsnames.ora file in located in the $OI/config location. - Case sensitivity parameter settings: If the SEC_CASE_SENSITIVE_LOGON=TRUE in the pile or spfile, Oracle will make the Reports log on credentials case sensitive, and the report server will not be able to connect to the database by default; a
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Server gives error REP-501 If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you http://www.dbasupport.com/forums/showthread.php?60273-Reports-Server-gives-error-REP-501 can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Results 1 to 2 of 2 Thread: Reports Server gives error REP-501 Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 09-21-2009,03:28 AM #1 the specified Leswazi View Profile View Forum Posts Junior Member Join Date Sep 2009 Location Cape Town Posts 2 Reports Server gives error REP-501 Oracle Applications Server 10g Release 2 ( 10.1.2 ) Hi Apps DBA's, I have the same problem as described below, can someone please point me in the right direction to solve this problem? I have Reports running on SUSE 9 on a the specified database virtual server and database 11G on different server running SUSE 10. I can access the data via the application but when I want to generate a report it comes up with the following error REP-501: Unable to connect to the specified database. I have edited the tnsnames.ora on both machines but still no luck. Thanks in advance. Leswazi this is a previous posting but the solution was not posted. "I found the test.rdf page which leverages rwservlet. I have dumped all the reports into the same directory as test.rdf and attempted to invoke them, knowing full well we will have to encode into the URL the report parameters. Thats partially true as I can submit paramform=yes and it builds a parameter form that has the same content as you would see in Reports Builder on your local machine. None of those drop down choices are populated until you supply connect info. This is where I am stuck, the connect info works great from sqlplus but not in the report - erroring out with REP-501 unable to connect to database. I have altererd the tnsames in all 4 Oracle homes in case