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

Correct. And since I use ONames, a TNSNAMES.ORA file is not supposed to be required on the client. QCO, however, still requires it, but there are workarounds.

Tbink about it. What's the point of centralizing your instance names in ONames if you still require that same info to be somehow magically synched on each client?

Rich Jesse                           System/Database Administrator
Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com              Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hemant K Chitale [mailto:hkchital_at_singnet.com.sg]
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 11:59 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: 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
> a) Oracle Names
> b) 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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