Error in testing a extproc service

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to configure an extproc service on oracle9i on win2k server.
After configuration when i test the service using the 'Net Manager', it gives following error :
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
Following is the listener.ora file :
EXTPROC1 =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = extproc))
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = ithinkshopnew)(PORT = 1521))
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = E:\Oracle9i)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
SID_LIST_EXTPROC1 =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(PROGRAM = extproc)
(SID_NAME = ext11)
(ORACLE_HOME = e:\Oracle9i)
TRACE_LEVEL_EXTPROC1 = USER
Following is the tnsnames.ora file :
EXT1.192.168.0.211 =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(Key = extproc))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVICE_NAME = ext11)
ORA9I.192.168.0.211 =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = ithinkshopnew)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = ora9i.mithi)
ORA9IDB2 =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = ithinkshopnew)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = ora9idb2)
I feel that either the configuration I have done above is missing something.
Is there any configuration/setting other than the above files ?
Is there something Win2k specific that I need to do ?
Any help/hint is welcome.
Thanks in advance,
amol.

Answer 1

What I learned this weekend is that an ora-03113 when connecting to extproc via sqlplus is a sign that it is working (!).Wendy, Of course you are joking :-)
An error is an error, and it means that the connection did not succeed. Maybe you mean that the listener service is working :
$ lsnrctl serv
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on 09-JAN-2006 11:35:03
Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=localhost)(PORT=1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "PLSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
    Handler(s):
"DEDICATED" established:0 refused:0
         LOCAL SERVER
Service "db102" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "db102", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
    Handler(s):
      "DEDICATED" established:0 refused:0 state:ready
         LOCAL SERVER
The command completed successfully
$ sqlplus scott/tiger@EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Jan 9 11:35:21 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
ERROR:
ORA-28547: connection to server failed, probable Oracle Net admin error
Enter user-name:
$ lsnrctl serv
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on 09-JAN-2006 11:35:36
Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=localhost)(PORT=1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "PLSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
    Handler(s):
"DEDICATED" established:1 refused:0
         LOCAL SERVER
Service "db102" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "db102", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
    Handler(s):
      "DEDICATED" established:0 refused:0 state:ready
         LOCAL SERVER
The command completed successfully
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