On 19 Dec 2005 12:40:36 -0800, "Crazy Cat" <danbredy@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm having a problem with connecting to a version 9 Oracle database
>with SQL Server 2005 and the Micrsoft Oracle Ole DB Provider with an
>Oracle 10 client. Basically when I attempt to connect to a linked
>server in SQL Server 2005 that uses the Microsoft Ole DB Provider I get
>the following error - Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1 Cannot initialize the
>data source object of OLE DB provider "MSDAORA" for linked server
>"MSORACLE".
>
> In attempting to get more info on the problem I discovered that
>apparently my Oracle client is not logging any errors. I went into the
>Oracle Net Manager and set the trace level to Admin and left all the
>other parameters blank (assuming that it would just write to the
>defaults), but no files are produced (sqlnet.trc or sqlnet.log).
>
>Am I missing something here?
>
>Thanks

I have observed in 9i that 'leaving the other parameters blank' is a
recipe for no tracing and logging.
Obviously, if you have access to it, you could also consult
listener.log on the server. All connections are logged there, unless
explicitly disabled.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA