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Testing your tnsnames.ora is essential before assuming anything else.

In most cases one would not use a Net Manager or Net Config Assistant to setup naming services, you'd just copy the records from other files.

First if you have several Oracle client installation, make sure you're aware which one is in your SYSTEM path (for Windows users), for Unix/Linux , your $ORACLE_HOME should be set in your profile and $PATH would/should contain appropriate records to $ORACLE_HOME/bin , etc.

Best tool to confirm wheather your configuration is correct is this:

> tnsping <type ALIAS NAME here>

This is a  TNS Ping Utility, it will print out any issues you have with specific alias or simply state that its "OK".

Browser wars will soon be over, hopefully IE will lose its war and others will gain even more popularity for their openness.
But browsers beyond tabs and plugins and speed have less to offer these days.

Comes in Bit Torrent.


Torrent revolutionized yet again how we transfer data in a quick scalable matter.
Here is my thought, why not build in a bit torrent engine into web browser say firefox and share bits of sites that you''ve visited with those geographically closer to you.

Globally this may become a massive effective energy saving plan.

Such feature is unlikely to come from a Microsoft doll house. Hopefully Red Panda (aka firefox) will pick this up or Google as it may have already index this page.