RE: connect to the databases without using tnsnames.ora?

What do you mean by "mistakenly require a TNSNAMES.ORA file" ? The TNSNAMES.ORA file is required unless you are using either of

1. Oracle Names
2. Thin Java client

Hemant

At 06:38 AM 06-09-02 -0800, you wrote:
>As an FYI, some 3rd-party products still mistakenly require a TNSNAMES.ORA
>file. Quest's QCO (at least 2.0, haven't D/L'd 2.1 yet and Quest Support
>tells me it will be fixed in 3.0 next Q1) is one of them.
>
>Also, there is at least one circumstance that requires a TNSNAMES.ORA on a
>server. I can't remember for the life of me what it is, but something with
>the Intelligent Agent sticks in my head.
>
>Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
>Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CC Harvest [mailto:ccharvest_at_yahoo.com]
> >
> > Does anyone here knows how to setup the connections to
> > the database server without using tnsnames.ora?
> >
> > Our DBA didn't use it. But I don't know how and why?
> > Could anyone tell me the other options?
>
>
>To add to what other posters have said:
>If the DBA was indeed using Oracle Names, you would see the configuration
>parameters for the names server in the sqlnet.ora file, which would be in
>the same directory where you would expect to find the tnsnames.ora file.
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