----- Original Message -----
From: Theja Rajakumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 10:34 PM
Subject: DBD error
> I've been getting this error while connecting to an Oracle database
> thro' DBI. and don't know what's happening.
> Can anybody help?
>
> ORA-12500: TNS:listener failed to start a dedicated server process (DBD
> ERROR: OCIServerAttach) at DbUtils.pm line 104.
>
For some reason the Oracle dispatcher process wasnt able to start a
dedicated process for you on the server. This is an server side error.
Ask your DBA to investigate this.
You might wanna try to connect to a shared server process rather than a
dedicated process.
To do this put (SERVER = SHARED) in your tnsname.ora file on the client.
See example:
SOME_SID.SOMEHOST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = SOMEHOST)(PORT = 1526))
)
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVICE_NAME = SOME_SID) (SERVER = SHARED)
)
)
maarten
