RE: 9i listener for 8i DB not recommended???
- From: "Jesse, Rich" <Rich.Jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:28:35 -0600
I've just setup another listener on port 1522 just in case. I've got enough
crap trying to convince an app linked against 7.3.3 (Cognos PowerHouse) that
9i is a good thing.
Full safeties on. We don't want this fish swimmin' back to us.
Rich
Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
rich.jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx QuadTech, Sussex, WI USA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jared Still [mailto:jkstill@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 9:58 AM
> To: Oracle-L Freelists
> Subject: Re: 9i listener for 8i DB not recommended???
>
>
> I recently installed a 9i database on an NT server that
> already has 8i on it. The listener for both was setup
> to be 9i, disabling the 8i listener.
>
> It has proved to be somewhat cranky. I've noticed that
> even though the service starts automatically, it sometimes
> will not work correctly unless it is manually started
> via lsnrctl.
>
> Could be a version problem. Or it could just be an NT
> thing, which is good at not starting services correctly anyway.
>
> Jared
>
> On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 05:06, Martin Brown wrote:
> > I had some trouble like this way-back-when 8i was released.
> I found out that
> > 8i listener couldn't service 8.0.5 (8.0.6 was OK). I had to
> set up named
> > listeners and that worked OK in my environment.
> >
> >
> > >From: "Darrell Landrum" <darrell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Reply-To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Subject: Re: 9i listener for 8i DB not recommended???
> > >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:37:27 -0600
> > >
> > >I'm with you, Rich. I don't know where I got it, but I've
> believed it to
> > >be
> > >appropriate if not recommended to run the listener from
> the latest release
> > >you have installed for that release and each one prior
> that you may have on
> > >that system (unless you need a special listener for some
> reason.). We
> > >currently do that. The only problem I've encountered is
> running a 9i
> > >listener from a 64 bit install and using that for an 8i,
> 32 bit instance.
> > >The listener crashed a lot.
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Jesse, Rich" <Rich.Jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >To: "ORACLE-L (E-mail)" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 3:29 PM
> > >Subject: 9i listener for 8i DB not recommended???
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hey all,
> > > >
> > > > While trying to debug a particularly nasty old app, I
> ran across this on
> > >doc
> > > > 77442.1 on MetaLink:
> > > >
> > > > Please note that we don't advise to use a version 9
> listener for a
> > >version
> > > > 8 database
> > > > or a version 10 listener for a version 9 or 8 database
> seen there where
> > >many
> > > > changes
> > > > to the NLS layers between those versions.
> > > >
> > > > As Moe Syzlak says, "WHAAAAAA??!?" This is exactly
> opposite from
> > >everything
> > > > else I've heard, although to be fair, I can't recall
> exactly where I've
> > > > heard that. That and the fact that we haven't been
> using the ORA_NLSxx
> > > > variable since it starting cauing problems when we
> migrated from 7.3 to
> > >8.0,
> > > > which accoring to this doc, is a no-no.
> > > >
> > > > Comments?
> > > > Rich
> > > >
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