>
>
> Whoa! You'll have to run that one pass me again. Oracle are "trying to get
> rid" of tnsnames.ora and listener.ora??
>
> I don't think so.
>
> They may be trying to get rid of static SID declarations in the
> listener.ora. But that's about it. Service names need resolving. There will
> *always* be a need therefore for a resolving mechanism. TNSNAMES is just a
> resolving mechanism. There are others (names server, etc). But tnsnames is
> basic, functional and ain't going nowhere soon.
>
> Likewise... the listener will always be with us, and will always need
> configuring if the defaults aren't appropriate to your needs.
>
> Regards
> HJR
I thinks attempts to get rid of these files are being made. Dynamic instance
registration is an example.
Oracle Names is a much better alternative to tnsnames, just like DNS is an
alternative to /etc/hosts.
Received on Sun Jul 07 2002 - 16:27:19 CDT
