[221] in installers
Re: Oracle config files and netdist
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen D. Dowdy)
Mon Jan 25 15:40:31 1999
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:05:56 -0500
To: Mohammad Sharari <sharari@MIT.EDU>, "Paul B. Hill" <pbh@MIT.EDU>
From: "Stephen D. Dowdy" <sdowdy@MIT.EDU>
Cc: REPA@mitvma.mit.edu, installers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19990125185242.00aecb58@po8.mit.edu>
I actually hadn't seen the following page where one can get a fresh copy of
tnsnames.ora.
http://web.mit.edu/is/help/sqlnet/sqlinst-win.html
I probably should have looked around a bit.
Basically:
I go to a machine where a user wants Coeus
Machine already has a tnsnames.ora file
It's a lot quicker to simply edit the file to include our servers
Our production server is contained within the "standard" tnsnames.ora file,
so usually no entry is needed. However, we do ask different users to test
from time to time, so I do need to edit the tnsnames.ora file to include a
new instance of the database where we may want a user to test.
I think the browsers handles the file OK. So, it's probably not a big deal
at this point if the installer continues to transfer the file in binary. I
just hadn't stumbled onto this page listed above.
I guess it would be safe if...
1. you need to edit the tnsnames.ora file
2. you open it and notice it was transferred in binary
(or CR/LF is not properly handled)
3. probably safe that no other manual entry has been made to the file
4. use the browser to obtain fresh copy from above url
5. then edit fresh copy of tnsnames.ora
At 01:52 PM 1/25/99 -0500, Mohammad Sharari wrote:
>Steve,
> You are right both Mac and Windows installers ftp the tnsnames.ora
>in bin mode.
>Was the problem with browsers reading the file, and if that is the case, Is
>there instruction or URL link to the tnsnames from MIT web pages?
>
>Mohammad.
>At 12:04 PM 1/25/99 -0500, Stephen D. Dowdy wrote:
>>The Oracle installers that FTP files..... do they transfer everything in
>>binary (I think the answer is "yes" or "it use to be yes, but it's fixed
now"
>>
>>
>>At 11:26 AM 1/25/99 -0500, Paul B. Hill wrote:
>>>>Sorry, I don't know if it was net-dist or a web page that had the problem.
>>>
>>>Actually the browser configuration is the problem. Most browsers have no
>>>information about a file with an extension of "ora" so the file is
>>>transferred as binary. If the file is only destined for one Operating
>>>System this could be resolved. If the file is destined for Macs and PCs
>>>this cannot be resolved on the server.
>>>
>>>Paul
>>>
>>
>
>
