Re: Net8 confusion - need help

Randy Harris escribió:
>I've been trying to understand this using the Net8 Admin Guide, but am just
>too dense to figure it out.

>I created a database, this entry was created in tnsnames.ora:

>ES1.world =
> (DESCRIPTION =
> (ADDRESS_LIST =
> (ADDRESS =
> (COMMUNITY = tcp.world)
> (PROTOCOL = TCP)
> (Host = DETESPC2)
> (Port = 1521)
> )
> )
> (CONNECT_DATA =
> (SID = ES1)
> (GLOBAL_NAME = ES1.world)
> )
> )

>When I attempt to connect to it with sqlplus on the local system, I get an
>error - TNS:could not resolve service name. If I change the first line to:

>ES1 =

>(simply removing the .world), it works. I see other systems work just fine
>with the .world.

>I would be grateful if someone could explain this to me.

>--
>Randy Harris

Look up the config of your sqlnet.ora file. It says something about "world" names.

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