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java.sql.SQLException: Io exception: Unknown host specified

 
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Hello,
I'm geting the following error message when trying to connect to Oracle database.

Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: Io exception: Unknown host specified
at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:112)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:146)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:255)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.logon(T4CConnection.java:387)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.<init>(PhysicalConnection.java:441)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.<init>(T4CConnection.java:165)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CDriverExtension.getConnection(T4CDriverExtension.java:35)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:801)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:582)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:185)
at testjdbc.main(testjdbc.java:22)
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Thanks,
Ajit
 
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That looks like the URL specified is wrong or something.. Can you show us the code you are trying to coonect to DB?
 
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The error is simple. The DB host you mentioned does not exist. Try to ping it and double check the JDBC URL
 
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