> http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/chan-oid.html Nice article! I'd also recommend you take a gander at what a *manual* installation may entail. Search for "oid names migration" at http://wiki.oracle.com Hopefully, you'll see that OID requires several options to be installed and configured. It's no small task. I haven't worked in a large Oracle shop, but this was probably the most difficult Oracle install and configuration I've done. And that's including a physical two-node RAC. GL and enjoy! Rich > Really old: > > http://www.appsdba.com/techinfo/OID_Setup.pdf > > > At 08:22 AM 8/19/2009, genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>Hello everybody: >> >>Can anyone point me to a document/article/book explaining how to use OID to >>resolve service names instead of tnsnames.ora? >> >>thank you -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l