I know the oci driver can perform transparent failover of the database, but does the thin driver have the same capability?
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A:
The Thin driver does not support TAF like the OCI driver does as is described in the FAQ.
When using the Thin driver, the built-in RAC capability of Fast Connection Failover is available:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/java.111/b31224/fstconfo.htm
Dougman
2010-01-18 08:16:31