per oracle_home yes, per instance is way overkill as far as i can tell On 10/01/2008, Rich Jesse <rjoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Metalink note 149628.1, although slightly dated, suggests that the version > of the Listener should match it's hosted databases. It would then make > sense to have one Listener per DB in order to be able to segregate them > for > upgrading, patching, etc. > > On a side note, while trying to find that Metalink note, I see that the > very > old 69725.1 article has a new jazzy look. I like! >