Hi Cheng Many thanks again for your response. Is FCF part of RAC or i can use it in non RAC instance. regards Hrishy --- LS Cheng <exriscer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hrishy > > you need to use Fast Connection Failover for that > purpose which is based on > Fast Application Notification mechanism > > thanks > > -- > LSC > > > > On Jan 30, 2008 10:19 AM, hrishy > <hrishys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Can TAF be used to detect node failover and > redirect > > the connections to a new node using retry and > delay so > > all my clients detect that host db1 is down and > need > > to start connecting to db2 . > > > > I am not using RAC.Oracle version is 10.2 > > > > > > > > GRID = > > (DESCRIPTION = > > (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = > > my.db1.com)(PORT = 1521)) > > (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = > > my.db2.com)(PORT = 1521)) > > (LOAD_BALANCE = yes) > > (CONNECT_DATA = > > (SERVICE_NAME = grid) > > (FAILOVER_MODE = > > (TYPE = SELECT) > > (METHOD = BASIC) > > (RETRIES = 1) > > (DELAY = 1) ) > > ) > > ) > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox > http://uk.mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l