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Re: Oracle not logging or tracing

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:58:05 -0800
Message-ID: <1135191470.5125@jetspin.drizzle.com>


Crazy Cat wrote:
> Daniel A. Morgan wrote:
> Crazy Cat wrote:
>

>>Hi,

>
>
>>This time I have a path for the log and one for trace as well as names
>>for each of the files, and I am still getting no logging.
>>I have only access to the server database so I can't user listener.log.

>
>
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>>Is there anything else I can do ?

>
>
>
>>Thanks

>
>
>
>
> Given most of us have no access to previous posts to this thread I
> haven't a clue what version of Oracle, what the problem is, what
> entries you have in your SQLNET.ORA file, or anything else.
>
> Expect little or no help unless there is sufficient information from
> which someone can formulate a response. Have you looked at metalink
> yet or is your firm yet another Oracle customer too cheap to pay for
> support?
> --
>
>
> My response :
>
> Sorry about that --I'm using Google groups which doesn't automatically
> paste the original message in the reply -- it's the only newsreader I
> have access to unfortunately. Anyways here's what I got in my
> sqlnet.ora --
>
> # sqlnet.ora Network Configuration File:
> D:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Client_1\NETWORK\ADMIN\sqlnet.ora
> # Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
>
> SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS)
>
> TRACE_LEVEL_CLIENT = ADMIN
>
> NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES)
>
> TRACE_DIRECTORY_CLIENT =
> D:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Client_1\network\trace
>
> TRACE_FILE_CLIENT = sqlnet.trc
>
> LOG_FILE_CLIENT = sqlnet.log
>
> LOG_DIRECTORY_CLIENT = D:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Client_1\network\log
>
> As far as I know this company does not have metalink support.
>
> What other info would you like me to supply? I'll post my original
> message below -- once again I apologize for the lack of indentation
> to make reading clearer, but I am using Google's subpar interface.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Original message follows --
>
> Crazy Cat
> Dec 19, 3:40 pm hide options
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> Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc
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> Date: 19 Dec 2005 12:40:36 -0800
> Local: Mon, Dec 19 2005 3:40 pm
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> Hi,
>
>
> I'm having a problem with connecting to a version 9 Oracle database
> with SQL Server 2005 and the Micrsoft Oracle Ole DB Provider with an
> Oracle 10 client. Basically when I attempt to connect to a linked
> server in SQL Server 2005 that uses the Microsoft Ole DB Provider I get
>
> the following error - Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1 Cannot initialize the
>
> data source object of OLE DB provider "MSDAORA" for linked server
> "MSORACLE".
>
>
> In attempting to get more info on the problem I discovered that
> apparently my Oracle client is not logging any errors. I went into the
> Oracle Net Manager and set the trace level to Admin and left all the
> other parameters blank (assuming that it would just write to the
> defaults), but no files are produced (sqlnet.trc or sqlnet.log).
>
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
>
> Thanks

Try this set

# Debugging Parameters

trace_level_client= 16
trace_file_client=client
trace_directory_client=c:\temp
trace_unique_client=true

Or the equivalent for your operating system if not Windows.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Received on Wed Dec 21 2005 - 12:58:05 CST

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