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Re: Oracle not logging or tracing

From: Crazy Cat <danbredy_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 22 Dec 2005 06:48:31 -0800
Message-ID: <1135262911.860030.282270@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

DA Morgan wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >>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
> >
> > Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc
> > From: "Crazy Cat" <danbr..._at_hotmail.com> - Find messages by this author
> >
> > Date: 19 Dec 2005 12:40:36 -0800
> > Local: Mon, Dec 19 2005 3:40 pm
> > Subject: Oracle not logging or tracing
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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.

Hi Daniel,

(I finally found out how to quote previous messages in google -- it wasn't very obvious).

I did this but no dice. Is there some service I should restart as well? Thanks for your patience.

Thanks,

> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> http://www.psoug.org
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace x with u to respond)
Received on Thu Dec 22 2005 - 08:48:31 CST

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