Hi all, I'm hoping someone can give me a clue as to this error I'm seeing. Whilst I realise this isn't necessarily a good thing to do, the manual indicates you can do it and I'm trying to prove this. Basically, I create a queue table and queue on node A. If I then try to enqueue or dequeue to the queue from node B I'm getting the following error : ERROR at line 1: ORA-25306: Cannot connect to buffered queue's owner instance ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_AQ", line 6 ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_AQ", line 216 : Here's what I see in the alert log of node B ... Wed Jun 09 13:26:00 2010 *********************************************************************** Fatal NI connect error 12533, connecting to: (DESCRIPTION=(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=opbld05-vip.multiservice.com)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=RAC01D.BUILD.MULTISERVICE.COM)(INSTANCE_NAME=RAC01D1)(CID=(PROGRAM=oracle)(HOST=opbld06.multiservice.com)(USER=oracle)))) VERSION INFORMATION: TNS for Linux: Version 11.1.0.7.0 - Production Unix Domain Socket IPC NT Protocol Adaptor for Linux: Version 11.1.0.7.0 - Production TCP/IP NT Protocol Adapter for Linux: Version 11.1.0.7.0 - Production Time: 09-JUN-2010 13:26:00 Tracing not turned on. Tns error struct: ns main err code: 12533 TNS-12533: TNS:illegal ADDRESS parameters ns secondary err code: 12560 nt main err code: 503 TNS-00503: Illegal ADDRESS parameters nt secondary err code: 0 nt OS err code: 0 *********************************************************************** Fatal NI connect error 12533, connecting to: (DESCRIPTION=(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=opbld06-vip.multiservice.com)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=RAC01D.BUILD.MULTISERVICE.COM)(INSTANCE_NAME=RAC01D1)(CID=(PROGRAM=oracle)(HOST=opbld06.multiservice.com)(USER=oracle)))) VERSION INFORMATION: TNS for Linux: Version 11.1.0.7.0 - Production Unix Domain Socket IPC NT Protocol Adaptor for Linux: Version 11.1.0.7.0 - Production TCP/IP NT Protocol Adapter for Linux: Version 11.1.0.7.0 - Production Time: 09-JUN-2010 13:26:00 Tracing not turned on. Tns error struct: ns main err code: 12533 TNS-12533: TNS:illegal ADDRESS parameters ns secondary err code: 12560 nt main err code: 503 TNS-00503: Illegal ADDRESS parameters nt secondary err code: 0 nt OS err code: 0 Note the "(DESCRIPTION=(DESCRIPTION=..." bit. It looks like that is what is causing the error. I'm pretty sure that connect string is being built by the AQ code somewhere but I'm not sure how to influence it. Here's our tnsnames.ora - which works just fine for 'regular' connections ... [stbaldwin@opbld06 ~]$ cat $TNS_ADMIN/tnsnames.ora # #tnsnames.ora - Oracle database service definition file. # #$Id: tnsnames.ora 10 2009-06-18 13:09:12Z cakirke $ # rac01d = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (FAILOVER = on) (LOAD_BALANCE = on) (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = tcp) (HOST = opbld05-vip.multiservice.com) (PORT = 1521) ) (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = tcp) (HOST = opbld06-vip.multiservice.com) (PORT = 1521) ) ) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = shared) (SERVICE_NAME = rac01d.build.multiservice.com) (FAILOVER_MODE = (TYPE = select) (METHOD = basic) (RETRIES = 10) (DELAY = 1) ) ) ) rac01d_asm1 = (description = (address = (protocol = tcp) (host = opbld05.multiservice.com) (port = 1521) ) (connect_data = (service_name = +ASM) ) ) rac01d1 = (description = (address = (protocol = tcp) (host = opbld05-vip.multiservice.com) (port = 1521) ) (connect_data = (server = shared) (service_name = rac01d.build.multiservice.com) (instance_name = rac01d1) ) ) rac01d2 = (description = (address = (protocol = tcp) (host = opbld06-vip.multiservice.com) (port = 1521) ) (connect_data = (server = shared) (service_name = rac01d.build.multiservice.com) (instance_name = rac01d2) ) ) local_listeners_rac01d = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = tcp) (HOST = opbld06-vip.multiservice.com) (PORT = 1521) ) ) ) remote_listeners_rac01d = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = tcp) (HOST = opbld05-vip.multiservice.com) (PORT = 1521) ) ) ) I have attached a small self-contained test script. If you want to run it, it takes 2 parameters. The first is 1 (create queue table and queue) or 0 (don't create queue table or queue). The second is 1 (enqueue 'BB' message then dequeue 'AA' message) or 0 (enqueue 'BB' message then dequeue 'AA' message). Here's what it looks like when I run it ... [from node A] SQL> @sb1 1 0 old 2: l_p1 pls_integer := &1; new 2: l_p1 pls_integer := 1; old 3: l_p2 pls_integer := &2; new 3: l_p2 pls_integer := 0; Timeout waiting for BB message PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. [from node B] SQL> @sb1 0 1 old 2: l_p1 pls_integer := &1; new 2: l_p1 pls_integer := 0; old 3: l_p2 pls_integer := &2; new 3: l_p2 pls_integer := 1; declare * ERROR at line 1: ORA-25306: Cannot connect to buffered queue's owner instance ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_AQ", line 6 ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_AQ", line 216 ORA-06512: at line 66 ORA-06512: at line 102 Any help would be much appreciated. 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