From: NOhicamelSPAM@comcast.net   
      
   I have hit the manuals resulting in the very need to ask this question.   
      
   According to OCP 9i Database Fundamentals 1 Exam Guide:   
      
   On page 12 it says: "... the listener tells Oracle to generate a new   
   dedicated server ..." yet on page 14 in the questions and answers section it   
   says "The listener spawns a new server process."   
      
   So, which is it, "listener tell Oracle" or "listener spawns"? Or now you   
   have given me a third option "The processes are spawned by the OS".   
      
   The reason I care is because I would like to be able to answer this question   
   correctly if it occurs on an exam.   
      
   regards,   
      
   Mike   
      
   "Ed prochak"  wrote in message   
   news:4b5394b2.0309250457.7c9105c6@posting.google.com...   
   > "Michael J. Moore"  wrote in message   
   news:...   
   > > Is it the listener process, or some other Oracle process. Also, on a   
   UNIX   
   > > system, when you do "ps -ef" to see your processes, the PPID points back   
   to   
   > > a process named "init". Why does the PPID not point to some other   
   process   
   > > like, for example, the listener, or PMON, or whoever spawned it.   
   > > thanks,   
   > > Mike   
   >   
   > The processes are spawned by the OS, repesented by the process called   
   > init. Talk to you UNIX admin about how this works.   
   >   
   > Then my question back to you arises: why do you care?   
   >   
   >  If you are the DBA, then you need to hit the manuals some more.   
   >  If you are not the DBA, you should not care.   
   >   
   >  (I suspect ayou are not the DBA but you feel to need to control this   
   > process somehow. If you have some problem of performance or other,   
   > post that and suggestions will come. Looking at process IDs will get   
   > you nowhere in understanding the ORACLE operations and architecture.)   
   >   
   > HTH,   
   >   ed   
   >   
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