The External tab allow you to specify where Net8 should resolve net service names for the following external naming methods:
Cell Name
Enter a valid DCE cell name (prefix) in the Cell Name field.
Name Context
Enter a naming context in the NDS tree where the database object resides.
How you enter the naming context determines the service name used in the connect string. The naming context can be a full name or a partial name. If it is a partial name, it will be qualified with respect to the current name context.
If the name of the database object is Payroll.Finance.Oracle and the naming context is Finance.Oracle, Payroll needs only to be specified in the connect string. Payroll is qualified to .Payroll.Finance.Oracle.
If the naming context is ou=Finance.o=Oracle, then the connect string would have to include a name of cn=Payroll.ou=Finance.o=Oracle.
The naming context will override the "name context" entry in the client32net.cfg file. If no name context is specified in either file, it defaults to [root].
Meta Map
Specify the map, a special file, that contains the database service name.
![]() | See Also: Configure External Naming Methods
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