转：what is TWO_TASK

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You Asked

what is the use of TWO_TASK environment variable ?
where can we use it ?

and we said...

If you are in a Unix environment, you can normally set 2 environment variables:

ORACLE_HOME
ORACLE_SID

that will connect you to a local database identified by that home and sid.  If you wanted
to be able to connect to a remote database or a database on that machine via SQLNet, you
can also set:

TWO_TASK = <tnsconnect string>

The setting of TWO_TASK overrides the ORACLE_SID when set.  You will not connecting to a
local database with two_task but rather using sqlnet to connect to a remote database.

So, instead of:

$ sqlplus scott/tiger@some_db

I can:

$ setenv TWO_TASK some_db
$ sqlplus scott/tiger

and the @some_db is implied.

Tom, In the above example, some_db should have been resolved using tnsnames.ora on the box from
which we connect to the remote database. Is it correct? Thanks. 

Followup   December  05, 2003 - 11:27 am UTC

yes, the "local machine"

it could come from a variety of sources on that machine

~/.tnsnames.ora
$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
/var/opt/oracle/tnsnames.ora
$TNS_ADMIN/tnsnames.ora

for example 
Why TWO? Why Task?
Thanks, Jan

Followup   March     05, 2007 - 2:15 pm UTC

because in days gone by - the 1980's - two tasks (having two tasks working together) just made 'sense'
Just like "modular code" and "subroutine" used to be commonly used... :)