Is ".WORLD" mandatory in tnsnames.ora?

From: <ewong74_at_netscape.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 19:16:36 GMT
Message-ID: <7g7mq9$m6r$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>

Hi there,

I am running 8.04 client on NT4 and trying to create service names using tnsnames.ora file. I noticed that I can create service names to connect to the Oracle server ONLY on PC by doing this in tnsnames.ora: PC1 =
(DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(Host = PC1)(Port = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = ORCL)) ) If I want to create a service name to
connect to a solaris(unix) machine. I need to put (UNIX1.WORLD = ...) instead of just (UNIX1 = ...) to make it works or it will give me a 'service name cannot be resolved' message. What is the reason and what is '.WORLD'?

Thanks.

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