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Easy Connect with only instance_name

edited Apr 15, 2020 5:00AM in Database Networking (MOSC) 25 commentsAnswered

Using Windows 2019 for server and Windows 10 for client. The documentation for DBMS 19C Easy Connect (https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/19/netag/configuring-naming-methods.html#GUID-36F3A17D-843C-490A-8A23-FB0FE005F8E8) says that one valid option is

Easy Connect with host and instance name.

The host name is sales-server and the instance name is inst1.

and shows as an example

sales-server//inst1

However, all the references I have found to using the instance_name as part of the Easy Connect string demonstrate using it IN ADDITION TO the service-name, not by itself; and when I try it out

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