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Setting REMOTE_LISTENER or LOCAL_LISTENER Yields ORA-00972 (Doc ID 1387187.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Net Services - Version 10.2.0.5 to 18.1.0.0.0 [Release 10.2 to 18.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

While attempting to set REMOTE_LISTENER or LOCAL_LISTENER using the alter system command, the following error is thrown:

ORA-00972: identifier is too long

Examples:

Each of these attempts would fail with the following message:

ORA-00972: identifier is too long or ORA-32021: parameter value longer than 255 characters

 

Changes

This is likely a new installation or a change to LOCAL_LISTENER or REMOTE_LISTENER is required in a RAC / SCAN environment.

Cause

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