Dick,
I haven't seen oiconnect since v7x. I used to use it (as we've discussed
here previously, tnsping and grepping processes for smon, pmon and the like
won't provide you with a definitive answer for a variety of reasons), but
have since switched to actually logging into the database via a script,
running a stored procedure and logging out. If it fails, I'm alerted.
David A. Barbour
Oracle DBA, OCP
AISD
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Barry,
Do you get the IOUG-A mag? There was a piece of Pro*C code therein
(I'm the
author) that did exactly what you want, but does not use SQL*Plus. There
is
also 'oiconnect' that should be in $ORACLE_HOME/bin.
Dick Goulet
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Author: Barry Deevey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 9/18/2001 7:45 AM
Hi all,
I am trying to write a script in unix that determines if a specific oracle
instance is available. I'm trying to avoid using the 'ps' command, so I
thought the easiest method would be to connect via sqlplus - If it connects
its up, if it doesn't then its unavailable. However, the problem is that
when it isn't up, the script hangs and does not return anything - I think
that this is because sqlplus by default gives you 3 attempts to logon, so
even though the logon attempt failed, it is waiting for you to try again,
so
unfortunately I'm not getting a failed return code.
If anybody could tell me how to change this so that it only allows 1 login
attempt before 'kicking you out' or whether there is a better method to
finding out the status of an instance, I would be extremely grateful to
hear
from you.
TIA for any responses.
Best Regards,
Barry.
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