Listener Fail to start

Question

Hi gurus,
We encountered the following error when starting database listener:
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\BIN>lsnrctl start
LSNRCTL for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on 01-NOV-2012 19:28:57
Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Starting tnslsnr: please wait...
TNSLSNR for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
System parameter file is E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\network\admin\listener.ora
Log messages written to E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\network\log\listener.log
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=10.236.8.50)(PORT=1523)))
TNS-01192: Missing SID_LIST_ value left of equation for SID description in LISTENER.ORA
Listener failed to start. See the error message(s) above...
The listener.ora file entries are as below:
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = ABG-FINTRAK.accessbankplc.com)(PORT = 1523))
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 10.236.8.50)(PORT = 1523))
FINTRAKDUMP =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = fintrakdump)
(ORACLE_HOME = E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
Your assistance will be very much appreciated.
Best Regards.

Answer 1

PVOWUSU wrote:
Hi gurus,
We encountered the following error when starting database listener:
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\BIN>lsnrctl start
LSNRCTL for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on 01-NOV-2012 19:28:57
Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Starting tnslsnr: please wait...
TNSLSNR for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
System parameter file is E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\network\admin\listener.ora
Log messages written to E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\network\log\listener.log
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=10.236.8.50)(PORT=1523)))
TNS-01192: Missing SID_LIST_ value left of equation for SID description in LISTENER.ORA
Listener failed to start. See the error message(s) above...
The listener.ora file entries are as below:
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = ABG-FINTRAK.accessbankplc.com)(PORT = 1523))
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 10.236.8.50)(PORT = 1523))
FINTRAKDUMP =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = fintrakdump)
(ORACLE_HOME = E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
Your assistance will be very much appreciated.
Best Regards.Why do you have two LISTENER sections? That is the section that actually defines the listener. And what is the FINTRAKDUMP section supposed to be?
Delete this mess and start over, using netca to create it. You only need one listener, default name of LISTENER, and only one SID_LIST section, named SID_LIST_LISTENER. Anything more is error-prone and unnecessary complications.