Found the problem, for some reason the listener didn't like it when my
listener.ora had the host name (which resolved to 127.0.0.1). Putting my
computer's IP in the listener.ora allows clients to communicate
Jay
"Jay" <me_at_heyjay.com> wrote in message
news:Ru-dnWdQ7MAN9OLd3cwC-g_at_speakeasy.net...
> Sorry,
>
> I had already installed 10g client, not that that helped, already by the
> time this message posted.
>
> Jay
> "Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:407aa004$0$6542$cc9e4d1f_at_news-text.dial.pipex.com...
> > "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message
> > news:opr6b3p3x53d8uqx_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> > > > I noticed that you're using a 9.2 client and I'm using a 9.0.1 (not
> sure
> > > > if
> > > > that will matter).
> > >
> > > It really shouldn't, but 9i Release 1 was such an awful piece of
> software,
> > > I refuse to install it here to find out!
> >
> > You don't have to because I already have it. 9.0.1.0 client (Yes I know
> but
> > I have my reasons) will talk to a 10g database, at least on windowsXP.
> >
> > <quoting jay>
> > > > I'm going to install the 10g client tomorrow
> >
> > This may or may not be a good idea, I have seen reports that the
earliest
> > database that this client will talk to is 8.1.7.4 (yes including the
> > patchset). Certainly unless this is a test environment this seems rather
> hit
> > and hope, I'd much rather trying tracing the client and the listener and
> see
> > what the traces say.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Niall Litchfield
> > Oracle DBA
> > Audit Commission UK
> > http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com
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> >
> >
>
>
Received on Mon Apr 19 2004 - 22:35:13 CDT
