Thanks Rui, that worked. Jeremy, it was what rui said, thanks for your reply as well. cheers Alan.- On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Jeremy Schneider < jeremy.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It uses the LOCAL_LISTENER init parameter. > > -Jeremy > > > PS. some more info here: > http://www.ardentperf.com/2007/04/02/local_listener-and-ora-12545/ > > Guillermo Alan Bort wrote: > > Hi List, > > > > I'm facing a strange problem with a RAC. From what I gather, when I > > try to connect to a node and it sends me to the other (because the > > service I'm trying to access is on that node) it does so by returning > > the hostname of the other node. My question is, how does it know what > > the hostname of the other node is? is that configured at installation? > > can it be modified? It returns an FQDN that doesn't exist... so other > > than adding the entry to the client's hosts file, I'm at a loss here. > > > > I don't know if my question is clear enough, so here it goes again: > > where do I set up the hostname of the RAC nodes? > > > > thanks > > Alan.- > > > -- > http://www.ardentperf.com > +1 312-725-9249 > > Jeremy Schneider > Chicago > >