ORA-12505 TNS-12505 TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in connect descriptor

This error is received when the listener received a request to establish a connection to a database or other service but the connect descriptor received by the listener specified a SID for an instance (usually a database instance) that either has not yet dynamically registered with the listener or has not been statically configured for…

ORA-12547: TNS:lost contact

This is a quick note to cover ORA-12547: TNS:lost contact error, I would try to include all possible causes of ORA-12547: TNS:lost contact error so that this post itself could assist you in sorting the issue. ORA-12547: TNS:lost contact error could be due to any of the following reasons:- Incorrect permissions on the ORACLE executable.…