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Configuring Zend Server

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I got all the screen shots out last night, then I realized that the configuration instructions were missing. They’ve been added now, and you can check if you’re interested.

In the process, I noticed that Zend Server Community Edition is using connection pooling by default with Oracle. This means that the TNS alias must be qualified by a hostname.

For example, on your local PC with Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, the default TNS alias is XE. You can’t use that anymore when you’re running the Zend Server. You must qualify it as localhost/XE or hostname/XE as the connection string. A natural alternative is to insert a fully qualified TNS network map

Here are three possible connection patterns:

I’m sure it was in the documents but then again, I didn’t read them. 😉

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July 2nd, 2009 at 11:39 pm

Zend Core Server

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The Zend Core Server replaces the deprecated Zend Core for Oracle. I’ve put a quick installation guide here. It’s much nicer, and the licensed server is now the recommended direction from Oracle.

The community edition also installs MySQL, phpMySQLAdmin, and a brand new console. You should try it out.

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July 2nd, 2009 at 12:00 am