Re: Question: How can one tell others how to connect to its Oracle database

lev wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Here's the scenario. I am a Windows service. I use an Oracle database
> via ODBC. I want to tell others how to connect to my Oracle database
> from other machines. All I know is ODBC DSN that I use to connect to
> Oracle.
>
> I am a part of a commercial software package. My owners are free to
> use whatever name resolution scheme they fancy. Thus this ODBC DSN can
> contain a local name, a name resolved by a naming service, or a full
> connection string.
>
> Trouble is local names. They are useless to anyone but me. How do I
> turn this local name it into something that others can use? Parse
> tsnnames.ora? Moreover how can I tell if it's local name? May be it's
> a name resolved centrally?
>
> Any ideas are highly appreciated.
>
> Lev.

Contact your DBA.

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