Re: MetaLink article on GLOBAL_NAMES

EdStevens wrote:
> hpuxrac wrote:
> <snip>
> > Perhaps the only way to get anything more than guesses would be to get
> > a service request processed by oracle. But then you have to create a
> > test case and claim some impact based on that value that you want
> > explained.
> >
> <snip>
>
> And if I *did* create such a request (things aren't *that* slow today!
> ;-) ) I'd expect to
> - be requested to supply an RDA report,
> - supply the requested report,
> - wait a few days,
> - ask for an update,
> - be requested to supply an RDA report (again!)
> - wait a few days,
> - ask for an update,
> - be pointed to the above referenced article, which tells me how to
> solve my supposed problem.
> - receive an email asking me to complete a customer satisfaction survey
> regarding my recent service request.

It is there as a feature for use with advanced security. The internal default is ORACLE.WORLD. This goes way back. It is more for networking and authentication than anything database related, which is why i believe there is so much confusion about this setting. Most DBAs are not up on networking.... Once AD(LDAP) became the authentication standard, I've made sure to always set all associated domain and name parameters to future compatibility. Saves lots of connection headache issues. Received on Fri Dec 08 2006 - 10:04:40 CST