Re: Problem with database link

From: Jonathan Lewis <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 13:36:49 +0100
Message-ID: <936794592.19206.1.nnrp-10.9e984b29@news.demon.co.uk>

I missed the start of this thread so may have missed related comments, but you have to be a little careful with the words here.

aj gadgil said 'server', not 'service'.

and was presumably referring to the requirement that a database link must match the database (server) name if global naming is set to true.

Jonathan Lewis
Yet another Oracle-related web site: http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk

Kenneth C Stahl wrote in message <37D64E79.9AF60101_at_Unforgettable.com>...
>aj gadgil wrote:
>
>> You might need to make sure your database link name matches the Oracle
>> server you are trying to connect to. This is sometimes necessary
depending
>> on how your init.ora is configured.
>>
>> Also you might need to watch out for case sensativity if you are on a
UNIX
>> platform.
>
>Can you elaborate on that? What circumstances make it necessary to have the
name
>of the "service" match the name of the database?
>
Received on Wed Sep 08 1999 - 07:36:49 CDT