Re: Obtaining machine name and port number using Net8 Alias

From: Knut Talman <knut.talman_at_mytoys.de>
Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 09:31:06 +0200
Message-ID: <3CD23CBA.3060400@mytoys.de>

Andy wrote:

> He means that when you do a tnsping it echoes the tnsnames.ora entry:
>
> tnsping test_db
>
> TNS Ping Utility for 32-bit Windows: Version 8.1.6.0.0 -Production on
> 03-MAY-2002 10:13:55
>
> (c) Copyright 1997 Oracle Corporation . All rights reserved.
>
> Attempting to contact
> (ADDRESS=(COMMUNITY=testenv.world)(PROTOCOL=TCP)(Host=test_server)(Port=1521))
> OK (530 msec)

But he has no access to tnsnames.ora! So tnsping won't work.

Regards,

Knut Received on Fri May 03 2002 - 02:31:06 CDT