#Networkview on client connect software

The default listener configuration file is called listener.ora, and it is located in the network/admin subdirectory of the Oracle home directory. It receives incoming client connection requests and manages the traffic of these requests to the database server. On the database host, the Oracle Net listener (the listener), is a process that listens for client connection requests. No changes are necessary to client applications.

If the database is moved to another location, then you must reconfigure only Oracle Net. Service names can provide location transparency so that the client application does not have to know the server's location. A single database can be presented as multiple services. A service name is a logical representation of a database, which is the way a database is presented to clients. You can use a service name to connect to a database. It establishes and maintains the connection between the client application and the database over a network, and exchanges messages between them using industry standard protocols.įor a client application and a database to communicate, the client application must be able to identify the database it wants to connect to, and the database must provide an identification.

#Networkview on client connect software

Oracle Net is a software layer that resides on the client computer and on the Oracle Database host computer. An Oracle Database client application can reside on any computer that has Oracle Database client software installed. A client is any application that connects to Oracle Database to send or retrieve data.