On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 07:03:09PM +0100, H.Merijn Brand wrote: > On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:28:11 +0000, Charles Jardine <c...@cam.ac.uk> > wrote: > > > >> If this reproduces the problem, you have something nothing to do > > >> with databases to investigate. If it doesn't reproduce the problem, > > >> it may be that Oracle is messing with the SIGCHLD signal. > > >> > > >> Are you connecting directly to the database using the bequeather? > > > > > > I've never heard of anything called a "bequeather" :) > > > > If you call $ORACLE_HOME/bin/adapters, the list will include 'BEQ'. > > This is the bequeather, which is the adapter used to connect to > > a local database when ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID are specified > > and TWO_TASK is not. The BEQ adapter is inconsistent with the > > with perl built-ins which use fork or popen unless you put > > 'bequeath_detach = yes' in sqlnet.ora. It is a pity that this > > sqlnet.ora option is not the default. > > All tests then pass
I'm sure a patch to the docs, expressing the above, would be welcome. Tim.
