Watch what you call your ORACLE

From: Bagpuss <Young_at_Heart.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 17:56:27 GMT
Message-ID: <36190592.2578821@news.virgin.net>

My earlier "ORACLE NOT AVAILABLE..." plea for help is finally no longer valid! The reason for this error was most bizarre!

Apparently, when connecting remotely, or even locally, via TCP/IP (at least) if there is any file in your ORACLE_PATH that matches your ORACLE_SID you may encounter the same problem as me i.e. an 'ORACLE NOT AVAILABLE...' error. (Oracle was, in fact, more available tham a certain Miss Lewinsky). Iam using Unixware 2.1.2 and Oracle 7.3.3.

I post this in the hope that no-one reading it will ever be bamboozled by this perplexing and ultimately time-consuming problem!!

Cheers!

Bagpuss. Received on Mon Oct 05 1998 - 12:56:27 CDT

Watch what you call your ORACLE_SID!