Re: DBMS_ALERT on NT 4.0

From: Gerald Bull <gerald.bull_at_fmr.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 16:48:59 -0500
Message-ID: <36CDDC4B.BA513065@fmr.com>

I believe that you have found a problem in a release of the database. We had the same issue on Sun Solaris. We called support and were told it is a known problem and was fixed in a specific release of the database. We found that the fix came and went as we stepped through a few different revs.

Jerry.

Rune Wemberg wrote:

> I have installed Oracle Enterprise v8.0.4.0.0 on a server running
> Windows NT 4.0
> Servicepack 3. I have run the catproc.sql and given the users the
> neccesary grants.
>
> I am trying to send an alert by typing execute
> dbms_alert.signal('MY_ALERT',null)
> on the sql prompt, but the client application never receives the signal.
> I know
> the client application is working since I have run it on another NT
> machine
> and connecting to a database on a unix server. The server has the same
> version of Oracle.
>
> What have I missed? Do I have to do anything special to get alerts
> working
> on Windows NT 4.0 vs on a Solaris server?
>
> Rune Wemberg
Received on Fri Feb 19 1999 - 15:48:59 CST