VisualWorks crashes or hangs on HPUX and Solaris using Oracle 8.x

VisualWorks Solaris and HPUX clients using Oracle 8.x can crash or hang if they make a mistake entering their username or password. There may be other problem areas as well.

Fix:

Update your sqlnet.ora file to include the following line:

      bequeath_detach = YES 

Explanation:

With 'YES', Oracle turns off its own signal handlers, so they don't interfere with VW. Here's a note taken from the ../samples/sqlnet.ora file.

    ######################
    #bequeath_detach = YES
    ######################
    #
    #Possible values: {YES,NO}
    #Default:         NO
    #
    #Purpose: Turns off signal handling on UNIX systems. If signal handling 
    #   were not turned off and if client programs written by users make 
    #   use of signal handling they could interfere with Sqlnet/Net3. 
    #
    #Supported since: v2.3.3