Need To Trace Reports Server Connection to Database

Hi,
A customer is getting intermittent "Unable to connect to database" errors when running Oracle Reports.
We have tried teaking the Reports server's configuration, but the errors are still occuring.
I know how to set up a trace on the Reports server, but wonder how best to trace the server's connection/attempted connection to the database.
Is it possible to trace attempted connections?
Database is 9i 9.2.0.6, Reports server is OracleAS 10g 9.0.4.2.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Jim

There is a parameter SQL_TRACE which you can turn on and it will start tracing all the sessions at database level which is not preferred way. You need to enable the trace for only report server sessions for troubleshooting and you can do this by enabling the trace in specific sessions. You can do something like this:
Connect to database using report server
On the server identify the sessions belongs to report server connection
Enable the tracing for those sessions by using:
SQL> exec dbms_system.set_sql_trace_in_session(SID,SERIAL#,true);
You can find the SID and SERIAL# (if your report server session) in V$SESSION view in database.
Then find the trace files in path defined user_dump_dest parameter. After getting the trace file use TKPROF to parse it. Just type at command prompt:
tkprof abc.trc abc.txt
It will convert the trace file into readable format.
Best Of Luck.
Daljit Singh

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Hope this helps.
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