Re: tnsnames question

On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 18:33:15 +0200, "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote:

>The behavior of the domain parameter changed with 8i.
>pre-8i the value of sqlnet.ora's names.default_domain was automatically
>appended to almost anything including connect strings.
>This has stopped with 8i
>What also has stopped was using the domain 'world' when no
>names.default_domain parameter was present in sqlnet.ora.
>
>So most likely in *both* cases no one ever bothered about the domain, and
>this explains the difference in behavior.
>And, oh yes, of course this is documented in the Net8 Administrators Manual.

Thanks for the reply... After I posted this, I dug into that manual and found it...

I'm just starting this DBA stuff. I write applications that hit against Oracle. The client has its own Oracle DBA, but he doesn't seem to know whats going on.

>Hth,
>
>Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
>

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