Scott, I don't think the intent of the spfile was to do away with the = listener.ora file. Stange thing the init.ora. You can put the listener entry into the = int.ora to have the database "self-register" with the listener. In this way, = you do not need an entry in the listener.ora file for each database. But if you are using the intelligent agent for use with Orcle OEM, you = need the databases listed in the listener.ora file for the agent to find the databases. A silly contradiction that someone at Oracle missed. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- From: Scott.Shafer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Scott.Shafer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 2:33 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: spfile/listener question And that is what is puzzling us... The goal is to get rid of the listener.ora file, and use the spfile only. The way the docs read, the listener should be started at instance startup via the LOCAL_LISTENER init.ora param. Scott Shafer -----Original Message----- From: Tanel P=F5der [mailto:tanel.poder.003@xxxxxxx] > LSNRCTL> set current_listener db1 > LSNRCTL> services > Connecting to=20 > (ADDRESS=3D(PROTOCOL=3DTCP)(HOST=3Dxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)(PORT=3D1421)) > TNS-12541: TNS:no listener > TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error > TNS-00511: No listener > HPUX Error: 239: Connection refused Sorry again, I didn't read your post thoroughly enough, but this error message shows that your listener isn't running at all! Tanel. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------