Re: Oracle Name server

From: Chuck Hamilton <chuck_hamilton_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 16:42:59 -0400
Message-ID: <9nohcr$8vt58$1@ID-85580.news.dfncis.de>

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"news.pa.verio.net" <wilson_at_email.chop.edu> wrote in message news:knPn7.6706$ym4.269575_at_iad-read.news.verio.net...
> I am a PC tech, and I think by the very name, an Oracle Name Server
> would be helpful.
> Can anyone point me to basic document on what this is and how it is
> setup? Or explain it to me? Is it basically an oracle database
> itself? Is it a variation of the Domain Name System (DNS)?
>
>

It is similar to DNS but used for resolving oracle database service names to a Net8 address. Net8 clients are configured for which name resolution methods they will use in the sqlnet.ora file. The most common is probably TNSNAMES which is the net8 equivelent of a HOSTS file. It uses a text file to resolve service names to addresses. ONAMES or Oracle Names uses a Names server to perform exactly the same function.

A good place to start reading would probably be the Net8 Administrators Guide.

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