Grad student needs help with Listener

I am doing my Masters project on Distributed Database and am trying to connect 4 database to one listener on one machine. The first two appear to connect OK as listenermral and listenermrny. But the next two keep on giving me TNS-01150 errors-address of specified listener name is incorrect. I check with Metadata and the suggestion was to build the listener.ora file with netmgr, but it hangs when I launch it. This is my code:
LISTENERMRAL=
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS =
(PROTOCOL= IPC)
(KEY = MRAL)
(ADDRESS =
(PROTOCOL=TCP)
(HOST=dilbert)
(PORT=1521)
STARTUP_WAIT_TIME_LISTENER = 0
CONNECT_TIMEOUT_LISTENER = 0
SID_LIST_LISTENER=
(SID_LIST=
(SID_DESC=
(SID_NAME = MRAL)
(ORACLE_HOME = /OFA/ORACLE/PRODUCT/10.1.0.3)
LISTENERMRNY=
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS =
(PROTOCOL= IPC)
(KEY = MRNY)
(ADDRESS =
(PROTOCOL=TCP)
(HOST=dilbert)
(PORT=1522)
STARTUP_WAIT_TIME_LISTENER = 0
CONNECT_TIMEOUT_LISTENER = 0
SID_LIST_LISTENER=
(SID_LIST=
(SID_DESC=
(SID_NAME = MRNY)
(ORACLE_HOME = /OFA/ORACLE/PRODUCT/10.1.0.3)
LISTENERMRTX=
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS =
(PROTOCOL= IPC)
(KEY = MRTX)
(ADDRESS =
(PROTOCOL=TCP)
(HOST=dilbert)
(PORT=1524)
STARTUP_WAIT_TIME_LISTENER = 0
CONNECT_TIMEOUT_LISTENER = 0
SID_LIST_LISTENER=
(SID_LIST=
(SID_DESC=
(SID_NAME = MRTX)
(ORACLE_HOME = /OFA/ORACLE/PRODUCT/10.1.0.3)
The service_name for all the databases is MR<xx>1.
The instance_name is the same as the SID
Thanks in advance for any help

Fedora is free and Oracle has given it the thumbs up. Plus there are tons of docs available, from installation to trouble shooting. I would go with Fedora, especially since it won't hurt your budget.
-Raj Suchak
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    if (evt.target.x >= stage.stageWidth)
        evt.target.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveHorizontal);
        removeChild(DisplayObject(evt.target));
initialiseMine();
    //declare varibles to create mines
var atmInGame:uint;
var atmMaker:Timer;
function initialiseAtm():void
    atmInGame = 15;
    //create a timer fires every second
    atmMaker = new Timer(8000, minesInGame);
    //tell timer to listen for Timer event
    atmMaker.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, createAtm);
    //start the timer
    atmMaker.start();
function createAtm(event:TimerEvent):void
//var antiTankmine_mc
//create a new instance of tankMine
antiTankmine_mc = new Atm();
//set the x and y axis
antiTankmine_mc.y = 473;
antiTankmine_mc.x = 1080;
// adds mines to stage
addChild(antiTankmine_mc);
antiTankmine_mc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveHorizontal);
function moveHorizontal_2(evt:Event):void{
    evt.target.x -= Math.random()*10;
    if (evt.target.x >= stage.stageWidth)
        evt.target.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveHorizontal);
        removeChild(DisplayObject(evt.target));
initialiseAtm();
function moveForward():void{
    bg_mc.x -=10;
function moveBackward():void{
    bg_mc.x +=10;
var tank_mc:Tank;
// create a new Tank and put it into the variable
// tank_mc
tank_mc= new Tank;
// set the location ( x and y) of tank_mc
tank_mc.x=0;
tank_mc.y=375;
// show the tank_mc on the stage.
addChild(tank_mc);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onMovementKeys);
//creates the movement
function onMovementKeys(evt:KeyboardEvent):void
    //makes the tank move by 10 pixels right
    if (evt.keyCode==Keyboard.D)
    tank_mc.x+=5;
//makes the tank move by 10 pixels left
if (evt.keyCode==Keyboard.A)
tank_mc.x-=5
//checking if the space bar is pressed and shooting is allowed
if(evt.keyCode == 32 && shootAllow){
    //making it so the user can't shoot for a bit
    shootAllow = false;
    //declaring a variable to be a new Bullet
    var newBullet:Bullet = new Bullet();
    //changing the bullet's coordinates
    newBullet.y = tank_mc.y + tank_mc.width/2 - newBullet.width/2;
    newBullet.x = tank_mc.x;
    //then we add the bullet to stage
    addChild(newBullet);
if (tank_mc.hitTestObject(antiTankmine_mc))
        //tank_mc.gotoAndPlay("hit");
        currentHP -= 10;
        // remove anti tank mine
        removeChild(antiTankmine_mc);
if (tank_mc.hitTestObject(tankMine_mc))
        //tank_mc.gotoAndPlay("hit");
        currentHP -= 10;
        // remove anti tank mine
        removeChild(tankMine_mc);
    //var maxHP:int = 100;
//var currentHP:int = maxHP;
//var percentHP:Number = currentHP / maxHP;
    //Incrementing the cTime
//checking if cTime has reached the limit yet
if(cTime < cLimit){
    cTime ++;
} else {
    //if it has, then allow the user to shoot
    shootAllow = true;
    //and reset cTime
    cTime = 0;
function updateHealthBar():void
    percentHP = currentHP / maxHP;
    healthBar.barColor.scaleX = percentHP;
    if(currentHP <= 0)
        currentHP = 0;
        trace("Game Over");
    updateHealthBar();

USe the trace function to analyze what happens and what fails to happen in the code you showed. trace the conditional values to see if they are set up to allow a shot when you press the key

Need help with Template - unbalanced #EndEditable tag

I am unable to use this template to create a new page and get the "unbalanced #EndEditable tag" error.
If I open the file independently it looks great - otherwise I get the error.
Code for internal_students.dwt
There is an error at line 45, column 79 (absolute position 2188)
<div id="metanav">
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        <div id="navigation">
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                        <li><a href="../index.html" class="first"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" alt="CAITE Homepage" width="75" height="20" border="0" /></a></li>
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I need help with this as the site and templates were created 2/3 years before I arrived on the job.
Thank you
Cheryl

Okay
- This is on-line page http://caite.cs.umass.edu/students/index.html
If you want code from template here it is:
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                              <p>The University of Massachusetts Amherst is leading a Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE) to design and carry out comprehensive programs that address under representation in information technology (IT) education and the workforce. CAITE will focus on women and minorities in groups that are underrepresented in the Massachusetts innovation economy; that is, economically, academically, and socially disadvantaged residents.</p>
                              <p>The project will pilot a series of outreach programs supported by educational pathways in three regions (one rural, one suburban, and one urban). The project will include work with high school teachers, staff, and counselors. CAITE will identify best practices and disseminate, deploy, extend and institutionalize these best practices statewide and nationally.</p>
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                              <p>This project will build a broad alliance built on its leadership in and partnership with the Commonwealth Information Technology Initiative (CITI), the Boston Area Advanced Technological Education Center (BATEC), regional Louis Stokes Alliances and NSF EGEP programs, and other partnerships and initiatives focused on information technology education and STEM pipeline issues</p>
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Need help with my ipod nano

Hi,
I need help with my ipod nano.
I haven't turned it on in a while and suddenly it stops working when I try to turn it on again.
Sometimes it displays:
"www.apple.com/support/ipod"
And right now it's displaying "OK to disconnect".
Could somebody please advice what should I do?
Thank you

I need help.
I have my IPOD nano for a while now and about a week ago. My husband bought one for his newphew and he had me download all the songs into the new IPOD (2nd Generation). Now Im having problems with mine. Everytime I try to charge and usually the screen will pop up to my original music player. This is what it says now when I open or charge my IPOD.
"The File iTunes Library.it! cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes".
Now, that I listen to it...all the music skip. Please help me..what should I do??
Thank you

Need help with a small application

Hi all, I please need help with a small application that I need to do for a homework assignment.
Here is what I need to do:
"Write an application that creates a frame with one button.
Every time the button is clicked, the button must be changed
to a random color."
I already coded a part of the application, but I don't know what to do further.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class ColourButton extends JFrame {
     JButton button = new JButton("Change Colour");
     public ColourButton() {
          super ("Colour Button");
          setSize(250, 150);
          setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          JPanel panel = new JPanel();
          panel.add(button);
          add(panel);
          setVisible(true);
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          ColourButton cb = new ColourButton();
}The thing is I'm not sure what Event Listener I have to implement and use as well as how to get the button to change to a random color everytime the button is clicked.
Can anyone please help me with this.
Thanks.

The listener:
Read this: [http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/button.html]
The random color:
[Google this|http://www.google.com/search?q=color+random+java]

I need help with 2 arrays

I need help with this portion of my program, it's supposed to loop through the array and pull out the highest inputted score, currently it's only outputting what is in studentScoreTF[0].
private class HighScoreButtonHandler implements ActionListener
           public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
          double highScore = 0;
          int endScore = 0;
          double finalScore = 0;
          String tempHigh;
          String tempScore;
          for(int score = 0; score < studentScoreTF.length; score++)
          tempHigh = studentScoreTF[score].getText();
                tempScore = studentScoreTF[endScore].getText();
          if(tempHigh.length() < tempScore.length())
               highScore++;
               finalScore = Double.parseDouble(tempScore);
         JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Highest Class Score is: " + finalScore);This is another part of the program, it's supposed to loop through the student names array and pull out the the names of the students with the highest score, again it's only outputting what's in studentName[0].
     private class StudentsButtonHandler implements ActionListener
           public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
          int a = 0;
          int b = 0;
          int c = 0;
          double fini = 0;
          String name;
          String score;
          String finale;
          String finalName = new String();
          name = studentNameTF[a].getText();
          score = studentScoreTF.getText();
          finale = studentScoreTF[c].getText();
          if(score.length() < finale.length())
               fini++;
               name = finalName + finale;
     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Student(s) with the highest score: " + name);
               } Any help would be appreciated, this is getting frustrating and I'm starting to get a headache from it, lol.
Edited by: SammyP on Oct 29, 2009 4:18 PM
Edited by: SammyP on Oct 29, 2009 4:19 PM

Heres a working example:
class Compare {
    public int getHighest(int[] set) {
        int high = set[0];
        for(int i = 0; i < set.length; i++) {
            if(set[i] > high) {
                high = set;
return high;

I need help with my K7N2G-ILSR Black screen

hey!
I need help with my Mainboard!
All the time when i want to start it it doesn't boot. You can listen to the noise of the fan and it is working but only black screen, also the LED says that the Ram is damaged red-green-red-red!
I have an Athlon XP 2400+
Volcano 9 Fan
512MB ram Kingston PC2700
512MB Ram Infineon PC2700
I read that the board doesn't support Kingston the first time and also i set the jumpers cleared CMOS and put the battery out. Also I put the Ram in different Dimms but still the same error.
The other things what i have aren't really important just that i have an enermax 431Watt. MSI wrote me that i have to put out the mainboard out of the case but why should i do this, the case is open right now and normally that shouldn't change anything. I read also some posts here and about new Ram but maybe there is someone who knows whats going on!
thanks for the reply to everyone
Regards
Jan(It's german say it like Yan)

i can't even look on the screen because the screen is black, and how can I change the timings manualy from ram? man, i never heard about that I mean it's easy to overclock a cpu but how are you changing the timings of the Ram! If u can give me a webpage snf i will lock for it, or just descibe me how to do it, thanks a lot for the replies!

Need help with "Shield" on side scrolling shooter game

I am horribly new to Flash, and I need lots of help with a lot of things, most notably a shield I'm trying to give the player in a side scrolling shooter game. I need help with:
1. Making the ship change color when it's activated.
2. Making it so enemies die on contact with the ship.
3. Making the "shield" variable go down constantly while in use.
If anyone could help, I would appreciate it a lot.

I wouldn't want any of you to write this program for me because I want to learn it myself. Yes I'm a student and I have to write some game with my groupe for a telephone in java like language doja. We decided to let it be a chess game. However I'm looking for an already written game in java that preferebly has some comments above the program lines so I can see what they've done. Offcourse if nobody has anything like this, yes I'm looking for a way to make an algorithm that makes the cpu move each time the player makes it's move. I have no idea on how to do this. I was hoping it can be solved with for, while, if and genest for statements. Yes it wil be a game with graphics but I think we can manage that part ourselves. So main question is the algorithm for the cpu moves. Do I have to pre-program every game in the book or is there another way etc..
I hope there's anybody that can and is willing to get me on my way since I know it maybee isn't the most simple question.

Need help with a currently "in-use" form we want to switch to Adobes hosting service

Hi, I am in desperate need of help with some issues concerning several forms which we currently use a paid third party (not Adobe) to host and "re-distribute through email"...Somehow I got charged $14.95 for YOUR service, (signed up for a trial, but never used it)..and now I am paying for a year of use of the similar service which Adobe is in control of. I might want to port my form distribution through Adobe in the hopes of reducing the errors, problems and hassles my customers are experiencing when some of them push our "submit button". (and I guess I am familiar with these somewhat from reading what IS available in here, and I also know that, Adobe is working to alleviate some of these " submit" issues, so let's don't start by going backwards, here) I need solutions now for my issues or I can leave it as is, If Adobe's solution will be no better for my end users...
We used FormsCentral to code these forms and it works for the most part (if the end-user can co-operate, and thats iffy, sometimes), but I need help with how to make it go through your servers (and not the third party folks we use now), Not being cruel or racist here, but your over the phone "support techs" are about horrible & I cannot understand them or work with any of them, so I would definitely need someone who speaks English and can understand the nuances of programming these forms, to please contact me back. (Sorry, but both those attributes will be required to be able to help me, so, no "newbie-interns" or first week trainees are gonna cut it).... If you have anyone who fits the bill on those items and would be willing to help us, please contact me back at your earliest convenience. If we have to communicate here, I will do that & I can submit whatever we need to & to whoever we need to.
I need to get this right and working for the majority of my users and on any platform and OS.
You may certainly call me to talk about this, and I have given my number numerous times to your (expletive deleted) time wasting - recording message thingy. So, If it's not available look it up under [email protected]
(and you will probably get right to me, unlike my and I'm sure most other folks', "Adobe phone-in experiences")
Thank You,
Michael Corman
VinylCouture
Phenix City, Alabama 36869

Well, thanks for writing back...just so you know...I started using Adobe products in 1987, ...yeah...back then...like Illustrator 1 & 9" B&W Macs ...John Warnock's Helvetica's....stuff like that...8.5 x 11 LaserWriters...all that good stuff...I still have some of it working on a mac...much of it was stuff I bought. some stuff I did not...I'm not a big fan of this "cloud" thing Adobe has foisted upon the creatives of the world...which I'm sure you can tell...but the functionality and usefulness of your software can not be disputed, so feel free to do whatever we will continue to pay for, ...I am very impressed with CC PS on the 64 bit PC and perhaps I will end up paying you the stipend that you demand for the other services.
So I guess that brings us to our problem.. a few years back and at the height of the recession and near bankruptcy myself, I was damn lucky and hit on something and began a small arts and crafts supply service to sell my products online to a very "niche market" ...I had a unique product and still sell that product (plus others) online...My website is www.vinylcouture.com...Strange? Yes...but there is a market it seems, for everything now, and this is the market I service...Catagorically, these are 99%+ women that use these "adhesive, sticky backed vinyl products" to make different "craft items" that are just way too various and numerous to go into... generally older women, women who are computer illiterate for the most part...and all this is irrelevant to my problem, but I want you to have every bit of background on this and especially the demographic we are dealing with, so we can get right to the meat of the problem.
OK...So about two years ago, I decided to offer a "plain sheet" product of a plain colored "stick back" vinyl... it is available in multiple quantities of packs ( like 5 pieces, 10 pieces, 15 pieces, in a packi & so on)...and if you are still on my site.. go to any "GO RIGHT TO OUR ORDER PAGE" button, scroll down a little...and then to the "PLAIN VINYL" section...you will see the Weebly website order process.) You can back out from here, I think,..but, anyway this product is available in 63 colors + or - a few. So then the problem is, how do they select their individual colors within that (whatever) pack?... .
So my initial idea was to enable a "selection form" for these "colors" that would be transmitted to me via email as 'part" of the "order process".. We tried getting our customers to submit a " a list" ( something my competitiors still do, lol, poor bastards)......but that..is just unbelievable..I can't even begin to tell you what a freakin' nightmare that was...these people cannot even count to 10, much less any higher... figuring out what colors to list and send me... well, lets just say, it wasn't working......I had to figure out a better way...Something had to be done.
So after thinking this all out, and yeah...due to my total ignorance, i figured that we could make a form with Live Cycle Designer (Now Forms Central)...(back then something that was bundled with Adobe Acrobat Pro), I believe, and thats what this thing was authored in... and it would be all good...LOL!
Well not so simple...as you well know, Adobe Acrobat would NOT LET YOU EMAIL anything from itself.....it just wouldn't work (and I know why, and all that hooey), but not being one to take NO for answer,.I started looking for a way to make my little gizmo work.. So I found this company that said they can "hijack" (re-direct actually) the request to email, bypass the wah-wah, and re-transmit it to the proper parties.....for less than $100 a year, I think...its called http://pdf-fillableforms.com/.
A nice gentleman named Joseph Silva helped us program the thing to go to his servers and back out. Please dont hassle them...I need them...for now..it basically does work...try it...you should get back a copy of the form that you filled out...good luck however, if you're on MAC OSX or similar...
I have included a copy of both of our forms (and feel free to fill it out and play with it)...just put test somewhere on it...(and you must include YOUR email or it will balk)..they are supposed to be mostly identical, except one seems to be twice as large....generating a 1.7 meg file upon submission, while the other one only generates a 600K file or so...thats another issue for another day or maybe you can advise on that also...
OK so far so good......In our shop, once Grandma buys a 10 pack (or whatever), Only then she gets to the link on her receipt page ro the relevant "selection form" ,(this prevents "Filling and Sending" with "no order" and "no payment", another early problem we had)... which they can click on and it will usually download and open up on their device if all goes well...Then our little form is supposed to be fillable and is supposed to ADD UP all the quantities, so grandma knows how many she is buying and so forth right on the fly, and even while she changes her mind..., and IT'S LARGE so grandma can see it, and then it TOTALS it all up for them, ( cause remember, they can NOT add).., except there is a programming bug (mouse-click should be a mouse-up probably or something..) which makes you click in the blank spaces to get to a correct TOTAL...about 70-80% of our customers can enable all these features and usually the process completes without problems for them especially on PC's running Windows OS and Acrobat Reader X or XI...at least for most... Unfortunately it is still not the "seamless process" I would like or had envisioned for the other folks out there that do have trouble using our form.... Many folks report to us the following issues that we know of. First of all it takes too much time to load up...We know its HUGE...is there anyway that you can see, to streamline this thing? I would love for it to be more compact...this really helps on the phones and pads as I'm sure you well know.
Some just tell us,"it WON'T work"....I believe this is because they are totally out of it and dont even have Adobe Reader on their machine, & don't know how to get it ( yes, we provide the links).....or it's some ancient version....no one can stop this one...
It almost always generates some kind ( at least one time) of "error message" which we do warn them about..., telling one, basically that "Acrobat doesnt even like this happening at all, and it could be detrimental to ones computer files", blah-blah...(this freaks grandma out really bad)...& usually they end up not even trying to send it... and then I get calls that even you wouldn't believe...& If they DO nut up and push the Red "Submit Form" button, it will usually send the thing to us (and also back to them at the "required email address" they furnished on the form, thats what the folks at the "fillable forms place" do) so, if it's performing it's functions, why it is having to complain?. What are we doing wrong?....and how can I fix it?...Will re-compiling it or saving it as a newer version of "FormsCentral" correct any of these problems ?
Ok, so that should keep you busy for a minute and we can start out with those problems...but the next thing is, how can I take advantage of YOUR re-direct & hosting services?, And will it get rid of the error messages, and the slowness, and the iOS incompatibilities ? (amazingly, the last iOS Reader version worked almost OK.. but the newest version doesnt seem to work with my form on my iphone4) If it will enable any version of the iOS to send my form correctly and more transparently, then it might be worth the money...$14.95 a MONTH you say. hmmmmm...Better be good.
Another problem is, that I really don't need 5000 forms a month submitted. I think its like 70-100 or less....Got any plans for that? Maybe I'm just not BIG ENOUGH to use Adobe's services, however in this case, I really don't care whose I do use as long as the product works most correctly for my customers as well as us. Like I said, If I'm doing the best I can, I won't change anything, and still use the other third party, If Adobe has a better solution, then i'm all for that as well. In the meantime, Thanks for any help you can provide on this...
Michael Corman
VinylCouture.com
(706) 326-7911

Need help with trim and null function

Hi all,
I need help with a query. I use the trim function to get the first three characters of a string. How do I write my query so if a null value occurs in combination with my trim to say 'Null' in my results?
Thanks

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. What am I doing wrong?
SELECT trim(SUBSTR(AL1.user_data_text,1,3)),NVL
(AL1.user_data_text,'XX')
FROM Table
I want the XX to appear in the same column as the
trim.The main thing you're doing wrong is not formatting your code. The solution may become obvious if you do.
What you're saying is:
SELECT trim ( SUBSTR (AL1.user_data_text, 1, 3))
,       NVL ( AL1.user_data_text, 'XX' )
FROM    Tablewhich makes it clear that you're SELECTing two columns, when you only want to have one.
If you want that column to be exactly like the first column you're currently SELECTing, except that when that column is NULL you want it to be 'XX', then you have to apply NVL to that column, like this:
SELECT NVL ( trim ( SUBSTR (AL1.user_data_text, 1, 3))
            , 'XX'
FROM    Table

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