Re: RE : ok for the last 18 yrs in using oracle I must have been asleep, "implied database link"
From: Greg Rahn <greg_at_structureddata.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:22:35 -0800
Message-ID: <a9c093441002181022m1566a2a9tbc2d44f724a9ea53_at_mail.gmail.com>
I believe this first became prevalent with Oracle 8 and the introduction of Oracle Names so its been around for 10 years or so. Prior to that most DBAs had local TNS files that only contained a subset of their enterprises databases so it wasn't popular, though still possible.
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:22:35 -0800
Message-ID: <a9c093441002181022m1566a2a9tbc2d44f724a9ea53_at_mail.gmail.com>
I believe this first became prevalent with Oracle 8 and the introduction of Oracle Names so its been around for 10 years or so. Prior to that most DBAs had local TNS files that only contained a subset of their enterprises databases so it wasn't popular, though still possible.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Tanel Poder <tanel_at_poderc.com> wrote:
> Btw, global database links have been around for a while, both configurable
> with Oracle Names and LDAP directory server - but the surprise was that
> no-one had configured any global database links in LDAP, the existence of a
> database alias in LDAP automatically "enabled" a global database link to it,
> it seems...
-- Regards, Greg Rahn http://structureddata.org -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Thu Feb 18 2010 - 12:22:35 CST