Accessing the network from extproc

Question

Hi! (dont know if this the correct forum category, but couldnt find any other suitable).
We have a 11.2 database running on Red Hat 5.5. The database have a scheduled job to fetch some files from another server using ftp, and herein lies the problem.
The job runs a pl/sql that runs the function in an (by us compiled) external library. The ftp-functionality itself is done by using libncftp and it's API's.
The process starts correctly, but then trying to login to the actual ftp host, ncftp only reports "Unknown username/password" (which is not the case).
I have the exact same code in an executable and when run from an interactive shell, it works fine.
So the only thing I can come up with, is there are differences when the process is started by Oracle, rather then being "an ordinary" process.
And I am stuck.
If there are any environment variables, paths etc missing when running the extproc-process, how do I find out which?
Regards
// Richard
Edited by: user6702107 on 2011-jun-09 06:33
Edited by: user6702107 on 2011-jun-09 06:33

Answer 1

You need to configure your listener to handle external procedures ie extproc
Such as
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = /ora/db)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
(ENVS = "EXTPROC_DLLS=ANY")
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = Your host )(PORT = 1521))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC0))
And you listener when restarted should have a entry something like
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=Your Host)(PORT=1521)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC0)))
Services Summary...
Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "PLSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...