oracle 8 -- SID
oracle 8i, 9i -- Service Name
"Pieter" <phuiberts-123_at_ivwnet.com> wrote in message
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> Call it a silly question if you will but I would like to know anyway.
> I have a Linux server running Oracle 8.1.6. and it runs fine. Through
> some client I connect to the SID (oralin) and with another I connect to
> the SERVICE_NAME (voyager, the computer name).
>
> What is better practise to connect to SID or SERVICE_NAME, or is there
> no difference nor preference at all?
>
> Thanks a bunch,
> Pieter
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Received on Sat Jun 29 2002 - 23:15:19 CDT
