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Net service name [Oracle Net]

A net service name is an alias that is used for a connect descriptor
To access a net service (such as a database) across the network, a net service name is required.
net service names are either found
  • in the tnsnames.ora file
  • Directory server
  • Oracle Names Server
  • External Naming services

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ODBC connection string.