There is a requirement for me to connect to an Oracle thin DB which is identified by 'Service Name' instead of SID. Our DBA advised that SID is a thing of the past and they’re using Service Name now as best practice and for operational reasons. But from SOAP UI Pro i dont see an option to enter Service Name in DB configurations, whereas SID is shown instead. Please advice the steps to achieve this.

Further digging, I found this article: https://community.smartbear.com/t5/SoapUI-Pro/Connection-to-an-Oracle-database-without-CID-but-with/td-p/121201 The solution is to manually edit either the driver or the connection string. See the accepted answer in the linked article. I was able to achieve it.

How to connect to an Oracle Thin DB which is identified by 'Service Name' instead of SID

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nmrao
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8 years ago
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This is very common use case. Provide your response from which data needs to be extracted and used in further test steps.
TanyaYatskovska
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6 years ago
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Thanks for your suggestion, Terkon!

gmathai, were you able to resolve the issue?
- gmathai
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  6 years ago
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  TanyaYatskovska / Terkon
  
  After placing the ojdbc6.jar in the specified location, i am getting the attached error.
  - Terkon
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    6 years ago
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    Ok, I think that was a step in the right direction. Unfortunately this Error (Ora-12505) can have quite a lot of reasons.
    
    Isn't there a DB admin you can turn to?
    
    Check out this:
    
    https://chartio.com/resources/tutorials/how-to-fix-ora-12505-tns-listener-does-not-currently-know-of-sid-given-in-connect-descriptor/
    
    Or maybe google some other sites with hints on that problem.
    
    What does the TNS look like, which you use for the DB developer? And how the connection string in that tool?
    
    Are you working on a cluster environment or is it a single instance DB?
    
    Maybe you have to adjust your connection string in SOAPui or adjust the TNS so they fit to each other
Terkon
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6 years ago
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Hi,

I am using the same setup. I simply put the service name into the SID field - workes fine for me.

With that I am using java class "ojdbc6.jar" in c:\<yourInstallationFolder>\ReadyAPI-2.7.0\bin\ext

Attached you'll find my settings. The "1" in the service name is for the cluster node I want to connect to. In a cluster environmend that is necessary to give.

Hope this helps

Terkon