All, One of our databases (running 9.2.0.1.0) is having performance problems when being accessed by another server. If I create a specific listener for the database the response times are fine, but if I use the default listener it slows down again. However, if I remove the DESCRIPTION= and ADDRESS_LIST= from the default it works fine. Changing it from: LISTENER= (DESCRIPTION= (ADDRESS_LIST= (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=myserver)(PORT=1521)))) to: LISTENER= (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=myserver)(PORT=1521)) Don't know why because the docs say to embed the ADDRESS= section(s) under the DESCRIPTION= section. Does anybody have any ideas why this is behaving like this?? TIA for any replies they're much appreciated. Cheers Barry. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------