Harry, you say that IPC and BEQ both use the listener to spawn a
server-side process -- but the docs say that BEQ "...enables clients
that exist on the same machine as the server to retrieve information
from the database without using the listener".
Which is correct?
- "Koivu, Lisa" <lisa.koivu_at_efairfield.com> wrote:
> Hi Harry,
>
> I admit ignorance. Networking was never my strong point. IN fact
> sometimes
> I wonder if I still have one.
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> Lisa
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lowes, Harry (NESL-IT)
> [SMTP:Harry.Lowes_at_northern-electric.co.uk]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:31 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: Connection question?
> >
> > Afternoon Lisa,
> >
> > I thought that BEQ and (for example) IPC protocols both used the
> listener
> > to
> > spawn a server-side process. The difference is in the protocol used
> in the
> > communication between the remote and local processes. IPC uses Unix
> Domain
> > Sockets to communicate between the client-side and server-side
> processes,
> > where BEQ uses Unix pipes. I had assumed that this was why BEQ
> connections
> > had to be local. This is the view expounded in Note: 1014940.6. If
> I've
> > got
> > it wrong, it'd be nice to know. Any comments, Gurus?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Harry Lowes
> > Database Administrator,
> > npower Northern Limited
> > mailto:harry.lowes_at_northern-electric.co.uk
> > <mailto:harry.lowes_at_northern-electric.co.uk>
> >
> >
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