Re: SERVICES file. Was: Help needed: SQL*Net over Winsocket

Haakon T. Soenderland (hts_at_sasdata.no) wrote:
: > <<< orasrv ... has to be the first line of services file ...>>>
 

: Your both wrong I'm afraid <g>. I've had the same problem. It seems that the
: orasrv line in the services file need to be terminated with a line-feed. If
: it is the last line in the file, and there's no line-feed, SQL*Net (or
: something)
: doesn't find it. Putting in a line-feed on the end fixed it for us.

I can confirm that for NetManage Chameleon TCP/IP ...

BTW it's a good practice to *always* put one (or more) linefeed/carriage returns at the end of a file like that.

Another common cause for problems are missunderstandings (eg. via phone) for the name 'orasrv'. Some people put 'oraserv' or 'orasvr' ...

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