PHP 4.0 Bug #6243: OCILogon intermittently fails to connect to an oracle database server.

From: mphillip@commnav.com Operating system: PHP version: 4.0.0 PHP Bug Type: Oracle related Bug description: OCILogon intermittently fails to connect to an oracle database server. From both Linux 2.2.16 and Solaris 2.6 running apache 1.3.12 and php 4.0.0. Oracle client libs on both web servers version 8.0.5. Oracle server version 8.1.5. Sometimes it will work with no problems for several weeks, then I get the following. It only happens about half the time. All servers have low workloads and the network is not all that busy. Script: <? echo "Testing Oracle Connection...<br><br>\n"; putenv("ORACLE_SID=ASID"); putenv("ORACLE_HOME=/usr/local/oracle/product/8.0.5"); OCIInternalDebug(1); $conn = OCILogon('uid','password','connstr'); echo "<br><br>Done.<br><br>\n"; ?> When it works: Testing Oracle Connection... OCIDebug: _oci_open_server new conn=0 dname=xxxx OCIDebug: _oci_open_session new sess=2 user=xxxx OCIDebug: oci_do_connect: id=3 Done. OCIDebug: START php_rshutdown_oci OCIDebug: END php_rshutdown_oci When it doesn't work: Testing Oracle Connection... OCIDebug: _oci_open_server: FAILURE -> CLEANUP called OCIDebug: START _oci_close_server: detaching conn=0 dbname=xxxx OCIDebug: oci_do_connect: FAILURE -> CLEANUP called OCIDebug: START _oci_conn_list_dtor: id=0 OCIDebug: END _oci_conn_list_dtor: id=0 Done. OCIDebug: START php_rshutdown_oci OCIDebug: END php_rshutdown_oci