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ORA-12518 Reported When Using 10gr2 TNS Listener to Connect To a 8i Database (Doc ID 341482.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Net Services - Version 10.2.0.1.0 and later
z*OBSOLETE: Microsoft Windows
 
All Dedicated Oracle Net connections to the database



Symptoms

When using a 10.2 TNS listener to connection to an 8i database, via dedicated connection model, the following error is reported :

ORA-12518: TNS:listener could not hand off client connection


Cause

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