I have the ODAC 11.2.0.1.1 Beta installed on my computer which has win 7 enterprise edition. I also installed MS Sql Server 2008 R2 Developer edition. I am trying to use Oracle as my datasource for a report creation and i am getting an error as Ora-12560 TNS protocol Adapter error? Any ideas ?????FM

Hi, Have you added the tns configuration for the server you need to connect to. The tns configuration you do for ODAC could be different to the that of general PLSQL client. Please click "Mark as Answer" if this resolves your problem or "Vote as Helpful" if you find it helpful. BH

Hi, Have you added the tns configuration for the server you need to connect to. The tns configuration you do for ODAC could be different to the that of general PLSQL client. Please click "Mark as Answer" if this resolves your problem or "Vote as Helpful" if you find it helpful. BH I was able to cnnect via the standard Oracle connection and that works for me.FM

Hi, Have you added the tns configuration for the server you need to connect to. The tns configuration you do for ODAC could be different to the that of general PLSQL client. Please click "Mark as Answer" if this resolves your problem or "Vote as Helpful" if you find it helpful. BH I was able to cnnect via the standard Oracle connection and that works for me.FM