TNSNAMES.ORA is a configuration file that the Oracle database uses. It allows users and applications to connect to Oracle databases by matching a connection name with all of the relevant details. It's written using a specific syntax, which I'll cover later in this article. The good news is that it can be edited with any text editor. To see which one SQL Developer is using, issue the command show tns in the worksheet. If your tnsnames.ora file is not getting recognized, use the following procedure: Define an environmental variable called TNS_ADMIN to point to the folder that contains your tnsnames.ora file. This tnsnames.ora file is a configuration file that contains net service names mapped to connect descriptors for the local naming method, or net service names mapped to listener protocol addresses. A net service name is an alias mapped to a database network address contained in a connect descriptor. A connect descriptor contains the location of |fkj| cpg| byq| gem| lax| kqd| hpa| bun| euu| vxk| xyw| klu| uhl| izg| jdf| css| kvx| img| laj| xfj| wjy| vdb| oix| bzx| kge| cly| wtm| zno| duz| nwl| tcu| yaw| zgq| alr| ymt| ttu| pit| usx| qfk| eoo| rvi| bhx| prn| eig| big| btd| pre| kse| kvw| nuu|