Naming Methods Configuration

Clients use a simple name, called a connect identifier, in their connect strings. A connect identifier can be the net service name or the actual name of the service. For example, sales is the connect identifier in the following connect string:

CONNECT scott/tiger@sales

During a connection request, the client contacts a naming method to resolve sales to a connect descriptor, which the contains destination service information and the path, or network route, across the network to get to that service. The destination service is indicated by using its service name for Oracle8i databases or its Oracle System Identifier (SID) for Oracle8 or Oracle7 databases. The network route provides, at a minimum, the location of the listener through use of a network address.

The client must be configured with the naming methods to use in order to look up connect identifiers. The naming methods to use are stored in the sqlnet.ora file.

No, I do not want to modify the naming methods configured

Click if you do not want to configure other naming methods. This is typically the choice if this machine is a server and you do not want it to access other servers.

Yes, I do want to modify the naming methods configured

Click if you want to configure naming methods.