Plat 11.2g Linux RH 64 Bit We want to test our standby database We have two entries in a tnsnames.ora on a box that requires database connectivity. If the listener/db is up on the primary even though we have switched over to the standby we get "Oracle Shutdown or Initialisation in progress." So the tns is still allowing us to connect to the now 'failed' primary Do we have to shutdown the listener on the failed primary? -- Howard A. Latham Sent from my Nokia N97