Re: Fast vs Pipes and TCP/IP (speeds up Oracle)

JF DENIS <jf.denis_at_psx.ch.sni.be> wrote:

> Oracle allows to use different types of two-task modes: Pipes (P:),
> TCP/IP (T:) and Fast (F:).
> This last one seems to bring many advantages as it uses shared memory
> and semaph. for the communication and by this way can speed up Oracle
> (says the Oracle book).
> We have an application running with Pipes and we want to try this Fast
> mode. However replacing P: by F: gives the Oracle error ORA-03106 for
> which we don't find many explanation in the Oracle books. Do you know
> how to activate this Fast mode?
> (we use Oracle 7.0.15on a Unix box).

Fast (F:) connections where used with version 6. They were dropped at version 7. Sorry.

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Bob Poortinga (mailto:bobp_at_tsc.com)
Senior Database Consultant
Technology Service Corp.
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