Do we require HBA card for single instance database.

Hi All,
I have doubt that we are going to implement a single instance with ASM.
Db version will 11gR2 as it is asm. My concern HBA is required for single instance oracle database.
Please suggest.
Thanks and Regards,

The question is : do you want your user to be able ti use their application offline ?
If yes, then you may provide them a local database and use a JDBC type4 driver. (The application is fetch directly from the server when first connected and then is able to lauch the applicaiton off-line) Such a network listen is allowed by the JNLP security model without any application sign !
If no, then why not having a single database and some user debedant table that store the user specific data (as usual), and using a login dialog-bon (or an auto-logon mechanism) to restric identify and access your database thru some business logic via RMI or any ligh-webservice technology.
Anyway you have plenty of solutions ..... it only depends of what are the exact needs.
Regards,
Jean-Baptiste Bugeaud
WWW.UP2GO.NET - The JNLP Applications Repository

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