Oracle-L: Re: Why DB_Name 4 chars only.

From: Rodd Holman <roddholman_at_HotPOP.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:31:33 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004A6790.20020730123133@fatcity.com>

You can go to 8. We use up to 8 character SID's here. I have tried going 9 on an 8.0.5
system and it barfed on the create scripts.

Rodd

On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 15:08, Srinivas wrote:

    Hi,
    What is the reason behind DB_Name/SID usually 4 chars     length only. I have a customer who is asking us to     create instance/db with 6 chars length. We usually     keep instance name and db_name parameters same in .ora     file. Can someone please explain the reason behind     db_name 4 chars only. Is it a common practice to keep     SID/db_name/instance name parameters same (for example     PBDS).          thanks
    Srinivas

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