I'm trying to create a database link from my Oracle AWS RDS instance to another Oracle database outside my VPC. I created the database link this:
create database link test
connect to myusername
identified by "mypassword"
using '(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=my.db.com)(PORT=1521))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVER=DEDICATED)(SERVICE_NAME=servicenameame)))';
However when I run a query against that database link I get the following:
SQL> select sysdate from dual@test;
select sysdate from dual@test
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist
I did some googling of ORA-12545 and the majority of the issues people are having with this error is either an intermittent connectivity failure (of which mine is not, it fails every time), or a misspelled hostname/incorrect port. My issue is also not an incorrect hostname/port because I am able to CONNECT
to my.db.com using the same connection string and query the database that way.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Source Oracle database is:
Oracle Database 11g Release 11.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
Destination Oracle database I am trying to connect to is:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production