Re: Contacting an Oracle NameServer using thin driver

From: Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 10:12:15 -0000
Message-ID: <3e4234ff$0$233$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net>

"Sybrand Bakker" <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:vus34vc6m3dqkjno3d1ma6t36h0ncc6fid_at_4ax.com...
> On 5 Feb 2003 20:08:00 -0800, gvdinesh_at_lycos.com (Dinesh Varadharajan)
> wrote:
>
> >Hi
> >
> >Can a JDBC application contact oracle database using oracle name
> >server, instead of contacting the oracle database directly?
> >Further clarifying the scenario, instead of the db url,
> >sqlj.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@databasemachinename:1521:dbinstance.
> >can I use sqlj.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@nameservername:port .
> >
> >Thanks
> >Dinesh
>
>
> Whether or not a nameserver is contacted, depends on sqlnet.ora. The
> above syntax is NOT going to work.

Um whilst I agree that the syntax is wrong and so the answer is (AFAIK) no, my understanding of the JDBC thin driver was that it avoided client side sqlnet altogether.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK

Received on Thu Feb 06 2003 - 04:12:15 CST