Mladen, I think what is being referred to here is that named pipes can be set up as a protocol in the listener on Windoze.
As to why one would want to do that, I don't have an answer. Jared On Wednesday 11 June 2003 07:00, Gogala, Mladen wrote: > And you would really allow your pipes to go nameless? I have > both names and nicknames for the integral parts of my plumbing. > Leaky Jack and wet Jill are my favorites. > Windoze has no concept of SYSV IPC, in particular it doesn't know > what shared memory is. Oracle on Windoze is not running processes, > it's running threads. That means that you cannot attach ("shmat") > shared memory as on a civilized OS but you have to use Oracle*Net. > The protocol that you are using to communicate with a database on > your local machine is called "named pipes". > Just read the fine manuals, everything is in there. > > Mladen Gogala > Oracle DBA > Phone:(203) 459-6855 > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 6:25 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > List, > > Why would someone want to use Named Pipes Protocol Adapter? I have never > used this, could someone educated me on this? > > > David Ehresmann -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).