Re: [Q] Message ORA-09301 when running NETTEST.EXE of SQL*Net/Windows

From: Troy Rollo <troy_at_sycomp.COM.AU>
Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 22:32:55 GMT
Message-ID: <1994May15.223255.23903_at_sycomp.COM.AU>


From article <May4.174811.40258_at_acs.ucalgary.ca>, by 626022_at_ucdasvm1.admin.ucalgary.ca (Matthew Ling):
> I have just installed the SQL*Net TCP/IP for Windows on my PC.
> When I tried to run the NETTEST.EXE program to test out my
> installation, I got the message
>
> ORA-09301: osncon: local kernel only supported in standard mode.
>
> Does anybody have any idea what the message means?
>
> I am running WIndows for workgroup 3.1, SQL*Net TCP/IP V.1.1.7.8,
> and I am using Trumpet Winsock as my TCP/IP interface.
>
> ML.

You will need to add an alias to oracle.ini for a server ID "LOCAL". Oracle under Windows encounters some limitations inherent in Windows, so the method many programs use to set the server ID for connection fails. Alternatively, you could supply a connect string to NETTEST.EXE.

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Received on Mon May 16 1994 - 00:32:55 CEST

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