Re: tnsnames vs nameserver

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 23:43:13 +0100
Message-ID: <36953881.F98D6E26@sybrandb.demon.nl>

Hi Rob,

Big advantages of nameserver: no tnsnames.ora on the client, no need to redistribute the file all over the place, if something changes. If you have multiple locations, multiple nodes and multiple databases, they will be far more easily managed by nameserver. Also: database links are being maintained by nameserver automatically, and usually you don't need to define them yourself anymore.
For one database this is of course overkill.

Hth,
Sybrand Bakker
Rob Williamson wrote:

> We are about to have an Oracle 8 install done and we were told we needed
> to decide
> on tnsnames ( flat file ) or nameserver ( database ) for the Net8
> install.
> What does this mean? And how should we decide?
> Is it based on how many users we will have?

Received on Thu Jan 07 1999 - 16:43:13 CST