Re: net8 config: db_name/service_names conflict?

try to use MYINSTANCE in any place of NAMESTRING, good luck...

gpavlov_at_my-deja.com wrote in message <92b78b$3g9$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>I am struggling with an inherited Oracle 8.1.5 (UNIX/Solaris) install
>which has the following strange setup: In initMYINSTANCE.ora the db_name
>and the service_names parameters are the same, looking something like
>this:
>
>db_name = NAMESTRING
>instance_name = MYINSTANCE
>service_names = NAMESTRING
>
>I can connect to the instance locally without trouble. There is also a
>listener running, but I cannot figure out how to configure the client on
>a remote machine to connect to this. I have tried seemingly all
>permutations of the NAMESTRING and the MYINSTANCE strings in the Service
>Identification/Service Name of the Net8 assistant (or directly in the
>tnsnames.ora file).
>
>Questions for the experts: is it OK to have db_name = service_names? In
>the setup as described what should one enter to configure a client?
>
>George
>
>
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Received on Wed Dec 27 2000 - 11:55:42 CST