Oracle offers several different methods for finding databases when you try to connect to them:
- tnsnames.ora entries
- LDAP
- Ezconnect
- ...
The most common approach is to include the databases you are connecting to in tnsnames.ora; usually your client installation contains a tnsnames.ora file that you can modify.
- EZConnect. EZConnect
<username>/<password>@<hostname>:<port>/SID
() -
sqlplus scott/tiger@localhost:1521/wborcle