Re: tnsping source code wanted

From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 22:53:25 +0100
Message-ID: <681ivucn20o3r5bnsbh7u8vb9eib6v2q9l@4ax.com>

On 12 Dec 2002 13:32:31 -0800, djberg96_at_hotmail.com (Daniel Berger) wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm thinking about writing a Ruby extension to emulate tnsping. Is
>the source for tnsping (and its required headers) available somewhere?
> Or is it closed-source? I checked on Google and oracle.com, but
>didn't find it.
>
>To head off the inevitable, "Why would you want to do that?" type
>questions, I'll say this now:
>
>1) Parsing backtick output is a pain, especially when the output
>differs on different platforms.
>
>2) I feel like it.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Regards,
>
>Dan

The code is closed source and reverse engineering is prohibited I would advise you would waste your time with something else. tnsping basically only tests the existence of a listener, it doesn't check connection speed.

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

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