How to fix the error ORA-00117: PROTOCOL, ADDRESS or DESCRIPTION must be specified?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-00117: PROTOCOL, ADDRESS or DESCRIPTION must be specified with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-00117: PROTOCOL, ADDRESS or DESCRIPTION must be specified

Reason for the Error ORA-00117: PROTOCOL, ADDRESS or DESCRIPTION must be specified

PROTOCOL, ADDRESS or DESCRIPTION was not specified.

How to fix the Error ORA-00117: PROTOCOL, ADDRESS or DESCRIPTION must be specified ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Use one of the attributes: PROTOCOL, ADDRESS or DESCRIPTION to specify the listening address for dispatchers.