Re: On tnsnames.ora, the SERVICE NAME=<sid> should be change to SID=<sid> under what circumstances?

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From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 20:15:07 +0200
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On 14 Aug 2003 03:38:30 -0700, jeffyee_at_hotmail.com (Jeffrey Yee) wrote:

>Is this correct? Can someone help me to understand the concept behind
>this, like why the SERVICE NAME & GLOBAL_DBNAME doesn't support
>firewall.

No, this is absolute and utter bs.
If you are on 8i, the only reason to use sid= syntax is your client program is still using the sqlnet 2 or 8.0 libraries. OEM has that feature and many third party products that still don't support Oracle 8i

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address Received on Thu Aug 14 2003 - 13:15:07 CDT