Re: IFILE directive for tnsnames.ora

  • From: Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: norman.dunbar.capgemini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:17:54 -0500

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Dunbar, Norman (Capgemini) <
norman.dunbar.capgemini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> I thought they desupported that, I could be wrong.
> At 10g, the reference manual has a section on IFILE and it makes no
> mention of desupport. There is also no mention of desupport in the
> reference manual for 11.2. So it looks pretty safe.....(Famous last
> words!)


I believe that Oracle Apps still makes use of this in tnsnames.ora, so
they may have some influence in seeing that the feature use retained.


Jared Still
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