Hi Sam,

thanks for your help.

In my sqlnet.ora file I have the following :

NAMES.DEFAULT_DOMAIN = WORLD
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS)
NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES, ONAMES, HOSTNAME)

And in my tnsnames.ora I actually list the entries twice,
once like :

jdorlon =
(DESCRIPTION = blah blah blah...

and anther time like this :

jdorlon.world =
(DESCRIPTION = blah blah blah...

with the .world on the name of it being the only difference.

I have tried to connect specifying the .world and leaving it
off, but to no avail.

Is this what you were talking about or did I misss something?

Thanks...
-John