Re: Oracle Name server

I would like to know why you bother answer a question if you are going to be rude about it.
If you read the original post, I *said* that I was just wanted to see if it would be helpful.
That is the purpose of newsgroups.

I didn't say I wasn't going to bother with the documentation, I was merely checking
with Oracle experts if my understanding of what a OracleNamesServer was correct, before
I tried to to locate this document and delve into a technicals.. It might have been that OracleNames Server
was something completely else.

"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message news:3ba93e07_at_news.iprimus.com.au...
>
> "Al Wilson" <wilson_at_email.chop.edu> wrote in message
> news:C%4q7.7251$ym4.294149_at_iad-read.news.verio.net...
> > Like I said in the original post, I am not an Oracle Administrator but a
> PC
> > person looking to make
> > my life easier.
>
> I must have missed the bit that said "because I am not an Oracle
> Administrator, just a PC person looking to make my life easier, I will not
> bother with the supplied documentation". Funny. I've tended to find
> supplied documentation *makes* life easier.
>
> >I am working on access to the Administrator's guide.
> >
>
> Good. You will find it answers all your questions, and more besides.
>
> > 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,
>
> Nope. SQLNET.ORA tells Oracle *how* you wish to connect. It doesn't
point
> to anything in and of itself. A sqlnet.ora might include the following
> line:
>
> NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES, ONAMES)
>
> ...which means, use TNSNAMES and ONAMES as resolving protocols. In that
> order.
>
> > 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.
>
> Nope. You still need "something" to locate the names server. That
> something is a names.ora.
>
> >I see this as a good way for developers to test things
> > without changing anything
> > on a production NameServer box.
> >
>
> I know what you are after, and it can be done. And you are not a million
> miles off. And configuring all of this would be a piece of cake using the
> Net8 Assistant that's supplied when you install Oracle on a PC. But if
you
> want to actually *understand* what's going on, then the Administrator's
> Guide is not an optional extra. Unless you fancy doing the two-day Oracle
> Networking Administration course (and it's 2 days for a reason).
>
> Regards
> HJR
>
>
> >
> > "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
> > >
> > >
> > > "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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