Re: how can I tell Oracle 9i to look on a network share for the tnsnames.ora file?

Celler Dweller wrote:

> I have been asked to centralize the management of the TNSNAMES.ORA
> file. I read in another post that I could create a shortcut from my
> %ora home\network\ADMIN dir called tnsnames.ora and have it point to a
> real tnsnames.ora file on a network share. In the windows world a
> shortcut has an .lnk extension so I don't think this will work. I
> tested it quick and it failed. How can I tell Oracle 9i to look on a
> network share for the tnsnames.ora file?
> WIN2k clients
> Unix Database Server

You really want to start studying the manual around Oracle Networking (aka Net8). If minimizing maintenance on TNSNAMES is an objective, you should consider ONAMES (deprecated) and LDAP for a centralized directory. Received on Sat Apr 10 2004 - 12:36:58 CDT