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Does anyone find setting GLOBAL_NAMES=TRUE to be useful for anything? To me,
it's always been a hindrance.
mskoblar wrote:
> In article <79app7$8d9$1_at_news.megsinet.net>, fsong_at_megsinet.net says...
> > I have two database one 8.x one is 7.x sitting on two diffrent NT box,
> > database has same instance name. From 8.x instance I create a DB link to
> > 7.x, but I can not make he onnection. Any idea why?
> >
> > FSONG_at_CSI.COM
> >
> >
> >
> You should have GLOBAL_NAMES parameter should be set to NO. Otherwise
> link name must be the same as connect string. I don't know if that will
> solve your problem, but for me it helped
Received on Thu Feb 04 1999 - 06:55:02 CST