I'd translate the question to 'does SQL*NET have a field for the original connection string beside the raw connection parameters?' I'm not a TNS-Pro, but I would just create a 'uncommon but working' connection string and start a tcpdump. Martin On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Hemant K Chitale <hemantkchitale@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I doubt that the server process does capture this information. > Only the client knows the connect string. > > Hemant > On Aug 25, 2012 4:30 AM, "Chris Taylor" <christopherdtaylor1994@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> I think I already know the answer to this but does Oracle capture a connect >> string anywhere that a client uses to connect with? A JDBC connect string >> specifically. I was thinking it would be in the listener log file if >> anywhere but I didn't see it exactly. >> Chris -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l