Re: Up and down sides of using HOSTNAME instead of tnsnames.ora for SqlNet connetion info

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From: Steve Ashmore <sashmore_at_neonramp.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:35:45 -0600
Message-ID: <uuvl61dnu3ns48@corp.supernews.com>

One 'down' of the top of my head would be if you ever wanted to run multiple instances on a server. Believe it or not we have one development server with 17 instances on it.

Stephen C. Ashmore
Brainbench MVP for Oracle Administration http://www.brainbench.com
Author of: 'So You Want to be an Oracle DBA?'

"TurkBear" <john.greco_at_dot.state.mn.us> wrote in message news:mgivuu4if2iur4jgeolb682mrp9d8nke08_at_4ax.com...
> Or in addition to..
>
> I have heard that there are some issues with this method, but not what
they may be..
>
> It would be easier to manage new instances if all we had to do was
register them with an alias in our DNS server...
> ( this will all be on our Intranet)
> Opinions, please?
>
> Thanks,
>
Received on Thu Dec 05 2002 - 16:35:45 CST