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UTL_TCP.OPEN_CONNECTION RETURNS ORA-20002: INVALID ARGUMENT

 
Ryan Kogelheide
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UTL_TCP.OPEN_CONNECTION RETURNS ORA-20002: INVALID ARGUMENT

SQL> set serveroutput on size 100000
SQL> Declare
2 con UTL_TCP.connection;
3 ret PLS_INTEGER;
4 Begin
5 con := UTL_TCP.open_connection ('c7pc1248',7788);
6 dbms_output.put_line('Connection Opened');
7 UTL_TCP.close_connection(con);
8 dbms_output.put_line('Fini.');
9 exception
10 when others then
11 UTL_TCP.close_all_connections;
12 raise;
13 End;
14 /
Declare
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-20002: Invalid argument
Invalid argument
ORA-06512: at line 12
.
.
Note that UTL_SMTP works fine from the same server.

Any ideas?
5 REPLIES 5
Steve Steel
Honored Contributor

Re: UTL_TCP.OPEN_CONNECTION RETURNS ORA-20002: INVALID ARGUMENT

Hi

http://download-west.oracle.com/otndoc/oracle9i/901_doc/appdev.901/a89852/utl_tcp.htm

http://download-west.oracle.com/otndoc/oracle9i/901_doc/appdev.901/a89852/utl_tcp4.htm


You should check the parameter format for the call.


Steve Steel
If you want truly to understand something, try to change it. (Kurt Lewin)
Cheryl Griffin
Honored Contributor

Re: UTL_TCP.OPEN_CONNECTION RETURNS ORA-20002: INVALID ARGUMENT

Ryan,
I am no SQL person, but your script is similar to one posted here which shows how to set it up for testing.

http://www.exzilla.net/exDocs/internetPackages/Internet-Packages-utl_tcp.shtml

Cheers!
Cheryl
"Downtime is a Crime."
Ryan Kogelheide
Frequent Advisor

Re: UTL_TCP.OPEN_CONNECTION RETURNS ORA-20002: INVALID ARGUMENT

I've checked the parameters. I think that there is perhaps a bug or a problem with the port or a problem with the version of the UTL_TCP definition.
Ryan Kogelheide
Frequent Advisor

Re: UTL_TCP.OPEN_CONNECTION RETURNS ORA-20002: INVALID ARGUMENT

Thanks for the link. My Thai is not quite up to that level though :).

I've reposted the question because I've noticed that the procedure returns a "Connection refused" when it is run from an NT server.

I suspect that the error is not correctly handled on the HP-UX version of 8.1.7.

Ryan
Ryan Kogelheide
Frequent Advisor

Re: UTL_TCP.OPEN_CONNECTION RETURNS ORA-20002: INVALID ARGUMENT

The eventual solution was to reinstall the jvm and java stored procedures (initplsj by itself was not sufficient):

$ORACLE_HOME/javavm/install/initjvm.sql $ORACLE_HOME/javavm/install/init_security.sql
$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/initplsj.sql