Re: JDBC thin driver and externally verified users

In article <9a7ec52e.0109210646.38fa0edd_at_posting.google.com>, steve.mundie_at_ifonline.com says...
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>I can't find anywhere in the documentation that there's a restriction
>on using externally verified users with the JDBC thin driver.
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>I can connect to Oracle 8.1.7 with an externally verified user using
>the oci8 driver I can't do it with the thin driver.
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>Can anyone point me at more information on this?
>
>SteveM

thin supports userid/password authentication only:

http://technet.oracle.com/doc/oracle8i_816/java.816/a81354/basic1.htm#1004265 http://technet.oracle.com/doc/oracle8i_816/java.816/a81354/advanc2.htm#1021341

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