Yup. Looks like they made good on their threats... From metalink- From: Oracle, Kurt Bevers 02-Feb-04 23:36 Subject: Re : Oracle Names and 10G (and beyond) Oracle Corporation announces the end of error correction for Oracle Names on all platforms. The desupport date of Oracle Names is dependent on the schedule of Oracle9i. Oracle9i (v8.2) will be the terminal release of Oracle Names. 10G is not ceritfied to be used with Oracle Names on previous versions. This could get interesting. Names has been a god-send around here. Ron Thomas Hypercom, Inc rthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxx "To really screw up Linux you have to work at it...To really screw up Windows, you have to work ON it..." john.kanagaraj@xxxxxxx Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx To rg oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc 04/23/2004 03:37 PM Subject Has anyone used 10g Rel 1 with Oracle Names? Please respond to oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Hi all, In the process of testing 10g rel 1, I see that neither 'namesctl' and associated Onames directories exist, nor does it resolve TNS entries unless made available via tnsnames.ora..... If so, then Oracle has _finally_ implemented its threat to retire Oracle Names (but not resolution via tnsnames.ora!) This is on a downloaded 10G release on Solaris though, so I am wondering if anyone can test this out in a full release. [I am in the process of ordering the media]. Thanks, John Kanagaraj <>< DB Soft Inc Phone: 408-970-7002 (W) Listen to great, commercial-free christian music 24x7x365 at http://www.klove.com ** The opinions and facts contained in this message are entirely mine and do not reflect those of my employer or customers ** ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------