identifying a database

From: Marin Dimitrov <marin.dimitrov_at_sirma.bg>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 07:26:01 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003B2245.20011023073021@fatcity.com>

Hi,

what is the best way to uniquely identify a database?

1. grant access to the user to v$database and use DBID?
   (how unique is the DBID?)
   

B.generate a unique ID somehow
(some PL/SQL package to use?)

thanx,

    Marin

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