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This is the weblog for Pete Finnigan. Pete works in the area of Oracle security and he specialises in auditing Oracle databases for security issues. This weblog is aimed squarely at those interested in the security of their Oracle databases.

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Lewis has an interesting post on Easy Connect



I came across easy connect some time back. This is a new alternative to using a tnsnames.ora file to connect to a database. This is a simplified syntax that allows you to specify the syntax as part of the connect string to SQL*Plus for instance. Lewis has covered the new syntax very well with some good examples in a post titled http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/oracle/guide/archives/007295.asp?rss=1 - (broken link) Forget About TNS: Connect To Oracle Using Easy Connect