Re: connect to the databases without using tnsnames.ora?

On Friday 06 September 2002 12:38, Philip Douglass wrote:
>
> As for 3rd party products mistakenly requiring a tnsnames.ora file, that
> is a valid complaint. And it isn't even limited to 3rd party tools. Some
> of Oracle's own tools only give you the option of connecting to databases
> that are listed in your tnsnames.ora file, which when using the host
> naming method is not required!
>

I discovered that a couple of years ago with Forms 6 on Solaris.

Won't work without a tnsnames.ora, which we didn't use there.

Jared

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