XDOLoader on RAC / Load balancer

Hi all,
I'm busy with creating an installation script for installing all kinds of objects.
There are also some XML Publisher objects that need to be installed trough XDOLoader.
This installation script has to be dynamic as there are 9 environments that are all 9 in RAC / Load balancing.
Now the problem is that XDOLoader requires an JDBC connection string and I have to 'build up' is this string in my script.
Some will propose to use $TWO_TASK for the SID. And yes, that's a good proposal, but as I'm on load balancing the $TWO_TASK environment variable does not contain an SID...
Also the JDBC_URL from the dbc file does not work.
Does anybody has some experience with using XDOLoader in an RAC / Load balanced environment?
Or any proposals how to get your JDBC string dynamically builded without using $TWO_TASK ?
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Stijn

Hi,
Can you please give me some more information about your setup ...
Something like ...
F5/LB --> Apache or OHS --> WebLogic Cluster..
If you are using F5/OHS directly to WebLogic cluster you can try enabling the session persistence and this problem should go away..
If you are using plain Apache or OHS try putting "DynamicServerList" off.
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import javax.sql.*;
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http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/3659411/Oracle-RAC-Administration---Part-15-Connection-Load-Balancing-and-FAN.htm
http://oracleinstance.blogspot.com/2010/08/transparent-application-failover-taf.html

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