Re: e: when is an error msg not an error msg ?

This could happen when the ORACLE_HOME is not set correctly. You may have the ORACLE_HOME in the .profile but your application might be running from a script which unsets the ORACLE_HOME or sets it incorrectly.
Hemanat
At 02:14 PM 13-11-02 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I've looked over hill and over dale at many web-sites (MetaLink, google,
>asktom, etc.), to no avail, so could someone on the list bail me out on this
>question - what causes the following error message:
>
> ORACLE ERROR=>Error while trying to retrieve text
>for error ORA-03114
>
>Now, I know what causes the 03114; I need to know why I am getting the
>'error while trying to retrieve... I get this error on my test and
>production servers, but not the development server. All have the same # of
>files in $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/mesg. All are Oracle 8.1.7.4. Some file missing
>somewhere that I know not of ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Paul Sherman
>DBA Elcom, Inc.
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