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HI
chriss_at_enteract.com wrote in message <7nnrvh$fid$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>Hi, I know this is an anal newbie question but it's causing some
>miscommunications between us and a company we're working with.
>
>Are the "Oracle Listener" and "SQLNet" one in the same?
They are not same. As you asked in next question listener is a service (app) running in server and SqlNet is a protocol used by clients to talk to server.
Is the
>listener an application and SQLNet the protocol it uses?
yes listener is a service and SqlNet is is protocol.
Or are they
>just referring different versions of the same product (e.g. 'SQLNet' is
>the Oracle 8i version of what 'Listener' was in Oracle 7) Or are they
>actually seperate entites?
They are separate entities...
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
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Hope this help
thanks
pradhan
Received on Wed Jul 28 1999 - 18:53:52 CDT