Re: Oracle Name server

Like I said in the original post, I am not an Oracle Administrator but a PC person looking to make
my life easier. I am working on access to the Administrator's guide.

Let me see if I have this straight, everyone: On a client workstation, I could have a SQLNET.ORA file that would point to an Oracle Names server,
which in turn would tell the client software where to get its information. I could program "something" to say that if a TNSNAMES.ORA exists, it takes precidence over the
OracleNames server. I see this as a good way for developers to test things without changing anything
on a production NameServer box.

"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message news:3ba28941_at_news.iprimus.com.au...
> Nope.
>
> Did you actually read the Net8 Administrator's guide, as suggested?
>
> tnsnames can be both server and client side. sqlnet likewise.
>
> It all depends...
>
> HJR
>
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> "Al Wilson" <wilson_at_email.chop.edu> wrote in message
> news:vIuo7.6925$ym4.277752_at_iad-read.news.verio.net...
> > So let me understand this...
> > I know TNSNAMES.ORA resides on the client workstation. Does that mean
> that
> > that SQLNET.ORA resides on an Oracle server?
> > "Chuck Hamilton" <chuck_hamilton_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > > "news.pa.verio.net" <wilson_at_email.chop.edu> wrote in message
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> > > > 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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Received on Wed Sep 19 2001 - 13:01:11 CDT