> PH> Another solution is to have the child process exit if the ping > PH> fails. You get one failed request, but you clear out the messed > PH> up processes quickly and replace them with new ones that can > PH> connect safely. > > Yeah, good point. Although our poor little WAP service (for that is what > was for) gets so few hits, they'll all be getting failed if we do that ;>
Okay, try never letting the connections go idle. Set up a cron to send in a request every minute or so, or whatever it takes to keep your Oracle connections active. - Perrin
