Re: where does an oracle installation keep its server name?

Look for foo as an alias in your tnsnames.ora file and mycompany.com as a names default domain in sqlnet.ora

Try connecting with just foo

fullyamazed_at_hotmail.com (praty) wrote:

>It looks like a secret to me. Where does oracle client install store
>the server name?
>
>I use the string "foo.mycompany.com" to connect to my oracle instal
>using sqlplus.
>
>However, I cannot find foo.mycompany.com in any of the .ora files in
>the network directory of my client installation! [which includes
>tnsnames.ora, sqlnet.ora, etc.]
>
>FYI, I am using 8.1.7. sqlplus client install downloaded from oracle
>site.
>
>TIA,
>Praty
Received on Thu Nov 21 2002 - 14:18:51 CST