Hi all, I'm looking at ways of getting us away from using tnsnames.ora files. We have way too many servers and clients, and maintenance is going to kill us. So, I think the correct solution is OID. Has anyone (successfully) set up OID? Is there a step-by-step guide? Should I stick w/ 9i or go straight to 10g? I tried running 'oidca' on my test 10g instance, but it kept complaining about a 1/2 dozen command line parameters that I didn't know anything about. So, I'm not an LDAP expert, and I don't want to be. I just want to centrally administer my database service names. Can anyone offer a clue? I did some MetaLink searching without any luck. I'm just looking for a basic "do these things in this order, then enter your service names here and do this to make all your clients see the OID service". Thanks in advance, -Mark Mark J. Bobak Oracle DBA ProQuest Company Ann Arbor, MI "Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc" ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------