Re: MAY-DAY !!! Oracle 7 / Novell 3.12 Compatibility Problem...

In article <779586431snz_at_kheldar.demon.co.uk> Clint_at_kheldar.demon.co.uk (Clint Redwood) writes:
>From: Clint_at_kheldar.demon.co.uk (Clint Redwood)
>Subject: MAY-DAY !!! Oracle 7 / Novell 3.12 Compatibility Problem...
>Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 23:47:11 +0000
 

>Can anyone help me? We are having a seemingly intractible problem...
 

>Our Oracle server seems to be losing the connection to our clients on SOME
>of our client pc's, and not on others. Oracle are stumped as to why this is
>happening. We have had all the patches to SQL*NET SPX which they could find.
 

>We are running an Oracle 7.0.16 Server on a Novell NetWare 3.12 server, and
>using clients running Windows for Workgroups 3.11. The microsoft windows
>network in WFWG is completely disabled.
 

>Some of the client machines just spontaneously lose their server connection
>after a short period of idle time. Others after a longer period, and still
>others do not show this problem at all. This indicates to me that it is a
>problem with our clients, not the server. However, although there are many
>differences between the working and non working clients... we can't find any
>which explains the problem, and therefore the cure.
 

>Please could someone mail me with any helpful ideas / solutions.
 

>Thanx....
>--
>Clint Redwood

Put a packet grabber on the wire and monitor the connection between an affected client and the database server. When the connection locks it should be readily obvious what operation was in progress. Determine which machine was guilty of not carrying on the connection properly and then scope backwards to determine which software/hardware configuration issue might be responsible.

Marc
msnider_at_rapnet.sanders.lockheed.com Received on Mon Sep 19 1994 - 15:23:00 CEST