On 10/05/13 19:41, Hans Forbrich wrote: > Multiple listeners on that server. Hmmmm. Multiple databases and each database has a separate listener. Them's the rules I have to work to. It's so the whole p[lot can be failed over to another server, in the event of needing to. > Is it possible that the wrong listener is intercepting 1521 and picking > up this request. Nope. All servers are on separate and non-matching listener ports. The problem was a trailing slash in the Oracle Home path in /etc/oratab. Imagine how silly I feel? 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