Re: Help - daemon.pc

Kevin Agee wrote:
>
> David Kaiser (davidk_at_sfmic.com) wrote:
> : We have it, but I don't recommend using it. There is a bug in the
> : version we have that causes a lock on some system tables. Oracle
> : support wasn't too happy that we were running it.
>
> Are you talking about a Pro*C program you wrote to read a dbms_pipe?
> Or is this something that Oracle delveloped?
>
> If it is the first, what exactly is the problem? We are about to implement
> such a solution into our application, and I would like to know what
> implications this might have?
>
> Kevin Agee kda_at_sky.net
> kevin.agee.sysdev903a_at_igate.sprint.com

I am talking about the daemon.pc proc*c program that Oracle technical support has distributed (and then said to not use). Can't speak for the exact bug in it, we got tired of the hassle and wrote our own program that uses a table instead.

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