Application connection with SQL*Net

Lesson 11	Application connection with SQL*Net
Objective	Describe the two ways to connect to remote databases.

Connections to remote databases can be made by specifying either service names or connect strings. Service names are used by SQL*Net version 2 and Net8 and take the following syntax:

emp@my_db

Connect strings originated with SQL*Net version 1 and specify the full connection. In the following example, the t means a TCP/IP connection; host is the name of the remote processor; and database is the name of the databases on that processor.

sqlplus /@t:host:database

These connect strings can be saved in the Oracle database dictionary for use by distributed SQL. They are created with the create database link command and are stored in the DBA_USER-DBLINKS meta-table:

create public database link ny_emp for
  ny_emp@t:myhost:mydatabase

The next lesson examines the features of SQL*Net version 1.
Oracle TNS Quiz

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