Andrew Nerlich wrote:

OK, that looks like it.

Cool!

When I stopped ZServer (which was originally started by init on boot) and restarted it from a logon (which would have run /etc/profile where all the Oracle environment variables were initialised), I was able to connect.

Yep...

It looks like I need to set these ORACLE_ environment variables in my startup scripts. Is it a good idea to do this in /etc/rc.d/init.d/zope, or would you recommend doing it somewhere else?

Hmm.. good question. That sounds like as reasonable a place as I can think of...

BTW, Rob, I am extremely impressed by your prompt response.

We got lucky that I've had the same problem before you! :) --Rob