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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>We are having a unique problem trying to
establish a connection in the following environment:</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>OpenVMS </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Powerhouse 8.20.D</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Client: </span></font><font size=2
color=black face="r_ansi"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi;
color:black'>Oracle Rdb V7.0-72 (VMS)</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="r_ansi"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi;color:black'>DB version: Oracle
RDBMS 9.2.0.6 (located on an HP-UX 11.23)</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>This environment has worked without issue
until we migrated the characterset from <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>WE8ISO8859P1
to WE8MSWIN125. </span></b>After we migrated the database to the new
characterset, we receive the following error message:</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="r_ansi"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi;color:black'>*W* SQL START DBE error
(JDE)</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="r_ansi"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi;color:black'>DMS-E-GENERAL, A
general exception has occurred during operation 'attach </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="r_ansi"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi;color:black'>database'.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="r_ansi"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:r_ansi;color:black'>ORA-03113: end-of-file
on communication channel</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:
black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Upon reviewing an Oracle listener and
sqlnet logs, powerhouse is making a valid connection, but we still receive the
error. It appears to be an oracle type configuration problem, but are having
problems determining the origin.</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Has anyone experienced a similar
situation – or maybe offer some research tips or VMS logs to review?</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks for your help!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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