Last Friday where I work, an oracle client was upgarded and our IIS server from version 9 to version 10. Now that its on version 10, we are seeing a lot of connections being open up to the database. It is opening up so many connections that we cannot log onto the database using tools like PlSQL developer or Toad. We never had an issue like this when the oracle client was at version 9. Because of the number of clients that exists on this particular box, i dont think it will be possible to revert back to the Oracle 9 client. Is anyone aware of this problem or know of any possible work arounds?
Any help is greatly appreciated
Which connection library are you using? OO4O, ODP, Other?
I’m working from memories of old issues here, so the details are a little fuzzy. With OO4O there are two different ways to initialize the library. One tries to re-use connections more than the other.
In ODP the default is to use connection pooling. Sometimes this leads to extra connections, in case they’re needed again. There are some issues with pooled connections that lead me to turn them off. (PL/SQL procedures can hang if called on a dead connection)
If you get more information I’ll try to get clarification
Let us know what you find and good luck