ORA-00132: syntax error or unresolved network name "string"

Cause: Listener address has syntax error or cannot be resolved.

Action: If a network name is specified, check that it corresponds to an entry in TNSNAMES.ORA or other address repository as configured for your system. Make sure that the entry is syntactically correct.

Try using TNSPING from the command line and check the syntax in TNSNAMES.ORA.


I create pfile from spfile. The entry for LOCAL_LISTENER was modified to have network address something like *.local_listener='(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521))' The spfile was created from this modified pfile. The database was then successfully mounted and opened.