To refresh my memory, I did some research too. Starting from 10.2 thin JDBC driver could utilize FAN events and perform Fast Connection Failover according to the documentation: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/rac.111/b28254/hafeats.htm#BABFCFHA It's not TAF, and reading sessions will be disconnected, but other features look very similar, especially for app server/connection pool/JDBC type of setups . I personally never tested or tried this feature. Any early adopters ? thanks --romas On 8/19/08, Dan Norris <dannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > You're not mistaken (at least according to the docs): > > 10.2: > > http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/java.102/b14355/ocitaf.htm#BABGIDEE > 11.1: > > http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/java.111/b31224/ocitaf.htm#BABGIDEE > ML: > 297490.1 (which reprints the 10.2 docs) > > Roman Podshivalov wrote: > > Hi, > > If I'm not mistaken to get an advantage of TAF with JDBC you need to use > JDBC thick (OCI) driver and connection string should be either properly > configured TNS alias or fully qualified TNS entry (TAF aware) specified in > JDBC connection string. Thin driver wasn't TAF aware last time I've checked, > but it could have changed since then. > > --romas > > > On 8/14/08, John Dunn <JDunn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I need to understand how RAC handles hostnames in JDBC connection >> strings. >> >> If I have an application that uses a JDBC connection string(that contains >> a hostname) to connect to the Oracle database, what happens if there is a >> failover to another server in the RAC cluster? >> >> >> >> >> >> > >