Re: IPC question

(protocol = ipc)(key=<any sid>) ONCE (you don't need more). IPC is NOT configured in tnsnames.ora. To use IPC instead of TCP/IP (on the server ONLY!), sqlnet.ora's automatic_ipc needs to be ON (or FALSE, they seem to have changed that).

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

tiny anklet bells <nroshak_at_hcs.harvard.edu> wrote in message news:880qsa$gdf$1_at_news.fas.harvard.edu...
> I'm a little hazy on the concept of IPC. If I have one listener on
> machine G, five databases on machine G, no Names Server, and machines A
> and B that want to connect -- what should i be putting in listener.ora for
> the (address = (protocol = ipc) ..) parameter, for each database?
>
> What should go in the tnsnames.ora on each client machine? Right now each
> just has (address = (community = tcp.world)(protocol = tcp)(host = G)(port
> = 1521)), what should i put for an ipc address?
>
> Thanks,
> Natalka Roshak
>
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Received on Fri Feb 11 2000 - 05:45:54 CST