Naming: External

The External tab enables you to configure the following external naming methods:

- Cell Directory Service (CDS)

- Novell Directory Services (NDS)

- Network Information Service (NIS)

Cell Name

Enter a valid DCE cell name (prefix).

Name Context

Enter a naming context in the NDS tree where the database object resides.

How you enter the naming context determines the service name used in the connect string. The naming context can be a full name or a partial name. If it is a partial name, then it will be qualified with respect to the current name context.

If the name of the database object is Payroll.Finance.Oracle and the naming context is Finance.Oracle, then Payroll needs only to be specified in the connect string. Payroll is qualified to .Payroll.Finance.Oracle.

If the naming context is ou=Finance.o=Oracle, then the connect string would have to include a name of cn=Payroll.ou=Finance.o=Oracle.

The naming context will override the "name context" entry in the client32net.cfg file. If no name context is specified in either file, then it defaults to [root].

Meta Map

Specify the map, a special file that contains the database service name.

| See Also: Configure External Naming Methods