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db link [message #57782]

Mon, 07 July 2003 18:58

sidd
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In USING CLAUSE OF CREATE DATABASE LIKE COMMAND, i used sid name and it dint work, but when i used host string name, it worked. why it dint work with sid name? can any one explain this.

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Re: db link [message #57783 is a reply to message #57782]

Mon, 07 July 2003 19:50

Mahesh Rajendran
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hoststring should be used.
becuase , dblinks works on sqlnet

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Re: db link [message #57784 is a reply to message #57783]

Mon, 07 July 2003 20:13

sidd
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but what is the diff between host string and sid name and service name

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Re: db link [message #57793 is a reply to message #57784]

Tue, 08 July 2003 05:59

Mahesh Rajendran
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ORACLE_SID is sid on which the oracle database is created.
from 8i SERVICE_NAME should be equal to ORACLE_SID in tnsnames.ora
the TNS entry you create (it may be anything)
is called connectstring or hostring. It identified the host, port , sid to connect to.

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Re: db link [message #57794 is a reply to message #57784]

Tue, 08 July 2003 06:04

Mahesh Rajendran
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please have a look here
http://www.orafaq.net/msgboard/sqlnet/messages/2439.htm

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