Re: TNS Listener Not Installed

"Smaroula Georgostathi" <Smaragda.Georgostathi_at_siemens.com> wrote in message news:<b7itcf$ak$1_at_news.mch.sbs.de>...
> Hello,
>
> please take notice the the below installation concerns a client
> installation.
>
> Thank you!!
>
>
>
> "gkranis" <georgios.kranis_at_siemens.com> wrote in message
> news:b7it06$o90$1_at_news.fth.sbs.de...
> > Hi,
> >
> > we have a Pentium 3 550MHz with Windows2000, and Oracle 8.05.
> > We try to connect to an Oracle database server but the TNS Listener is not
> > installed.
> > How can we install the TNS Listener? Is there any possibility the TNS
> > Listener were installed because we have performed a full installation of
> the
> > Oracle?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> >

On clients one doesn't install a listener. The listener is a broker between client and database *on the server*. Why you would even consider to install such a pre-historic version of Oracle beats me.

Regards

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Wed Apr 16 2003 - 04:57:26 CDT