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Setting GLOBAL_NAMES = TRUE when there are active database links from Oracle DB to SQL Server DB

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Can we set GLOBAL_NAMES = TRUE when there are active database links from Oracle DB to SQL Server DB?

I went through the Oracle DB link documentation, googled about it, but have not been provided any concrete answer related to it.

As per ChatGPT, "

Set GLOBAL_NAMES = FALSE if your database uses database links to non-Oracle systems like SQL Server.

It’s the official Oracle recommendation in such cases — because GLOBAL_NAMES = TRUE is meant to enforce global name checks only useful for Oracle-to-Oracle links."

I have been trying to find any official documentation or reference for it, but came up empty.

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