Re: ORACLE connection problem

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:07:33 +0100
Message-ID: <t6s01bklolhc51@beta-news.demon.nl>

Some have a sqlnet.ora and some don't
Oracle dropped adding .world to the domain by default, if the sqlnet.ora is missing. However if you do have a sqlnet.ora with names.default_domain = world in it, this will still be used.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

"Happy" <allan_at_livvy80.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:94kpls$qup$1_at_news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> We have several client PCs with Developer 6i tools installed. Some are
able
> to
> connect to the database on a unix server by entering user, password and
sid.
> Others need the sid with the ".world" suffix.
>
> What causes some to need .world and some not? Each client uses a copy of
the
> same tnsnames.ora file.
>
> Cheers
> Allan
>
>
Received on Tue Jan 23 2001 - 16:07:33 CST