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> I'm using ADO for accessing database.
> ADO's time out periot is not working , when The client program try new
> connection to oracle ,It lock my program during 40 secconds if Oracle
> Database is not ready or network is off. But Tnsping is very
> successfull about that. It decide if oracle is ok or not in 1 or 2
> secconds.
Note that tnsping only checks if the listener on the server is accepting requests, not if the database is up. A tnsping gives OK even if database is down.
Rob. Received on Wed Jan 16 2002 - 03:25:50 CST