How to fix the Oracle error ORA-28510: heterogeneous database link initialization failed?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-28510: heterogeneous database link initialization failed with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-28510: heterogeneous database link initialization failed

Reason for the Error ORA-28510: heterogeneous database link initialization failed

Initialization of a heterogeneous database link to a non-Oracle system failed due to an error identified by the agent for this non-Oracle system.

How to fix the Error ORA-28510: heterogeneous database link initialization failed ?

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

Make sure the non-Oracle system is up and running and that all of the environment and initialization values for the agent are set correctly.