Cant you just configure the service to be preferred on nodes 3 and 4? On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Dba DBA <oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have developers connecting to my RAC database with jdbc. I want them to > use nodes 3 and 4. I have a TAF tnsnames set up for them as follows: > This is the tnsnames on the server. However, JDBC does not use tnsnames. > How do I get them to take advantage of this ? > I can use this locally on my RAC boxes. > > so what do I do with jdbc guys? > > JAVAGUYS = > (DESCRIPTION = > (ADDRESS_LIST = > (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = node3-vip)(PORT = 1521)) > (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = node4-vip)(PORT = 1521)) > ) > (CONNECT_DATA = > (SERVICE_NAME = JAVAGUYS) > ) > ) > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'