Now that you mention that, I am almost positive I ran into that once several years ago, or something close to that. it sounds very familiar... It should make a good blog post for you if you have a blog. On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Norman Dunbar <oracle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On 10/05/13 18:35, David Barbour wrote: > > Probably not the answer, but you may have an extra slash in your oratab > > entry. > You get the prize along with @martinberx on Twitter! It was indeed an > extra slash in oratab. > > The solution is as follows: > > 1. Shut down liatener and database using current oratab versions - with > extra slash. > > 2. Edit oratab, remove trailing slash from Oracle Homes. > > 3. Restart listeners. restart databases. > > 4. Connect via listener, it works perfectly. > > An extra trailing slash, for crying out loud. > > My deepest thanks to everyone who took p[art in this problem solving > exercise. I spend the best part of today on it, you guys toom mere > minutes. I am humbled by your awsome-ness! > > Thanks all. > > > Cheers, > Norm. > > > -- > Norman Dunbar > Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd > > Registered address: > Thorpe House > 61 Richardshaw Lane > Pudsey > West Yorkshire > United Kingdom > LS28 7EL > > Company Number: 05132767 > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l