Originally posted by manodba
Thats a totally crazy stecal idea!!
Its depricated in 10g not 9i and Oracle provides a clean method to upgrade it to a LDAP based server. And centralized administration has numerous advantages over local naming, and especially in a big organization like ours.
To make a change, u just change 1 word in 1 file - thats right, but has to be done on every single client.
what u suggested no solution, rather its like running away.
Go with what Stecal says, Oracle NAMES is a PITA.