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Use of hyphen (-) in hostname/machine name

user61472Feb 25 2011 — edited Feb 25 2011
Hi there.

One of our architects is proposing a new server naming policy that would allow the use of hyphens (-) in the hostname or machine name of new servers.

I've pointed out to him that this might not be a very good idea as I've heard of a few problems with Oracle that can be caused by using hyphens in the hostname.

Do any of you know if underscores (_) are allowed instead? Is Oracle happy with underscores in the hostname?

Thanks in anticipation !
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