Re: Oracle Name server

Nope.

Did you actually read the Net8 Administrator's guide, as suggested?

tnsnames can be both server and client side. sqlnet likewise.

It all depends...

HJR "Al Wilson" <wilson_at_email.chop.edu> wrote in message news:vIuo7.6925$ym4.277752_at_iad-read.news.verio.net...
> So let me understand this...
> I know TNSNAMES.ORA resides on the client workstation. Does that mean
that
> that SQLNET.ORA resides on an Oracle server?
> "Chuck Hamilton" <chuck_hamilton_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > "news.pa.verio.net" <wilson_at_email.chop.edu> wrote in message
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> > > I am a PC tech, and I think by the very name, an Oracle Name Server
> > > would be helpful.
> > > Can anyone point me to basic document on what this is and how it is
> > > setup? Or explain it to me? Is it basically an oracle database
> > > itself? Is it a variation of the Domain Name System (DNS)?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > It is similar to DNS but used for resolving oracle database service
> > names to a Net8 address. Net8 clients are configured for which name
> > resolution methods they will use in the sqlnet.ora file. The most
> > common is probably TNSNAMES which is the net8 equivelent of a HOSTS
> > file. It uses a text file to resolve service names to addresses.
> > ONAMES or Oracle Names uses a Names server to perform exactly the
> > same function.
> >
> > A good place to start reading would probably be the Net8
> > Administrators Guide.
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> Received on Fri Sep 14 2001 - 17:52:02 CDT