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TitleTroubleshooting Oracle Connections
TypeTutorial
SourceITworld.com, Unix in the Enterprise   01/04/2006
SummaryI often find myself needing to verify whether an Oracle database is working. Sometimes a process running on one server extracts data from a database on another server and, if the process fails, testing the connection to the database is a good starting point from which to determine what went wrong. I don't have a lot of Oracle tricks up my sleeve, but a small amount of information about accessing Oracle goes a long way when troubleshooting potential problems. continue 
 
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