How to fix the Oracle error ORA-12209: TNS:encountered uninitialized global?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-12209: TNS:encountered uninitialized global with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-12209: TNS:encountered uninitialized global

Reason for the Error ORA-12209: TNS:encountered uninitialized global

Application calling navigation routine has not properly configured the global variables. There are no TNSNAV.ORA files available, or they are defective.

How to fix the Error ORA-12209: TNS:encountered uninitialized global ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

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