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Re: ORACLE_SID vs. TWO_TASK?

From: Dusan Bolek <pagesflames_at_usa.net>
Date: 23 Mar 2004 07:12:32 -0800
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ramon_at_conexus.net (Ramon F Herrera) wrote in message news:<c9bc36ff.0403222055.6ce46fe6_at_posting.google.com>...
> Can somebody please explain the two environment variables
> ORACLE_SID and TWO_TASK?

It is easy. ORACLE_SID is used for BEQ connection (without TNSNAMES) to the local database. The environment variable TWO_TASK is used as a TNSNAMES alias either for connecting to the local or remote database. As far as know there no changes in this behaviour in 10G.

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