Re: "TNS-12571: packet writer failure" error

Dana Stockler wrote:
>
> I have the same problem once or twice a week and have
> not yet been able to find out what the problem is, although
> I suspect the problem occurrs when the network is heavily
> loaded.
>
> Oracle support has not been much help so far. They say
> they need trace files from both client and server when the
> problem occurrs. We have not been able to arrange this.
>
> Does anyone have any information concerning this error?
>

It's a bug. And has been for many version of SQL*Net v2. I think it may be fixed in v7.3.2 but am not sure. Just re-execute the command and it will succeed.

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