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"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
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> Answers embedded
> I've read somewhere it will be replaced by LDAP in 9i.
>
> Hth,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
>
> <dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com> wrote in message
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> > Does anyone use the Oracle Names Server?
> Used it in the past, now on a webserver no need for it (The webserver is
on
> the same server as the database)
>
> > How many client systems do you need before it becomes fesable?
>
> If you have a situation where developers start assembling their own
> tnsnames.ora, two clients is already sufficient, and anything above 10
> mandatory.
>
Only two or ten clients? Wow, we have hundereds and no Names server :-)
How do you mean, "assembling their own"? When new application software arrives that requires the Oracle Client/networking products, we always have to assemble our own sql*net config. (using easy config, net assist, notepad or vi) and then "copy" the file to each client.
> > How difficult is it to configure?
>
> Depends on version. In Oracle 7 it is somewhat difficult, Oracle 8 just
use
> the Net8 assistant and click away and you are done.
Doesn't the use of Names require a sqlnet.ora file on each client?
Regards
/Fad
Received on Wed Dec 20 2000 - 15:46:01 CST