ORA Database Error Messages ORA-00117: PROTOCOL, ADDRESS or DESCRIPTION must be specified May 19, 2015 mpbod ORA-00117: PROTOCOL, ADDRESS or DESCRIPTION must be specified Cause: PROTOCOL, ADDRESS or DESCRIPTION was not specified. Action: Use one of the attributes: PROTOCOL, ADDRESS or DESCRIPTION to specify the listening address for dispatchers. Back to previous menu https://support.oracle.com/ http://www.oracle.com/ Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)