I'm running OID (LDAP) and don't find it to be any of those things. I do not run 9iAS either.
In fact, I considered using Names as well, but I had installation problems (the script that was supposed to show up in OH\network\names never did), so I bagged it in favor of OID. It works like a champ. --- "Gogala, Mladen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oracle names is actually a very stable software and it works very > nice. > I have very good experience with that product. As for LDAP, it's > huge, > incompatible, hard to administer and you must have 9iAS. It doesn't > work > with > iPlanet, weblogic or websphere.It's a proprietary LDAP if such thing > exists. > The other thing that would be even simpler is hostnaming. Name your > database > > same as the host (service_names and global_dbname in listener.ora), > put it > on > the port 1521 and enjoy. > > Mladen Gogala > Oracle DBA > Phone:(203) 459-6855 > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:49 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > We are starting a project that will eventually have 500 laptops > wandering > around in the wild. These will have an Access database for untethered > use, > and will periodically connect to Oracle via Net8 to resynchronize > itself. > The idea of changing 500 tnsnames.ora files sometime down the line is > daunting. I've been studying for the OCP Net8 exam, and they mention > Oracle > Names. > > 1. Are any of you using the Oracle Names? > 2. Is it as easy to configure as Oracle makes it sound, or is it > difficult? > 3. Is Names reasonably robust? I can see this as yet another single > point of > failure. > 4. Oracle hinted that Oracle Names is going away in favor of LDAP. Is > this > imminent, or just a scare tactic? I had held off using Names because > of > this, but the company has made a commitment to MS Active Directory, > which I > gather from the list postings isn't very compatible with Oracle's > LDAP. > > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Gogala, Mladen > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Paul Baumgartel INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
