Re: When to go for ORACLE NAMES Server

Somewhat of a pain to setup for the first time, for sure.

But after you get it implemented, you will never want to go back.

One caveat: There is a fair amount of software around that *requires* tnsnames.ora or it won't work. Oracle Forms on unix comes to mind. Yes, Oracle's own software does not fully utilize names.

This is a minor problem when compared to the benefits though.

Jared

On Friday 11 May 2001 10:50, Mohan, Ross wrote:
> if the "tedious"ness exceeds your perception of the difficulty, do Names.
>
> if not, not.
>
> In my very limited experience, a truly robust, well-managed Names service
> is great, but takes some work to set up, test, and document.
>
> YMMV
>
> || -----Original Message-----
> || From: Johnson Poovathummoottil [mailto:joni_65_at_yahoo.com]
> || Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 12:15 PM
> || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> || Subject: When to go for ORACLE NAMES Server
> ||
> ||
> || There is another thread going on about no database on
> || a single server, I have another question to ask.
> ||
> || We have nearly 30 databases across Sun and Win 2000
> || Platforms. We are finding it tedious to keep track of
> || tnsnames.ora. While looking out for a solution we hit
> || at ORACLE Names server. I hear it is going to give way
> || to ORACLE Internet directory. But after reading a
> || little I think using either would be too much of a
> || kill for the problem.
> ||
> || Any opinions?
> ||
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