Re: hmm...

I posted the original post.

alter database rename global_name to new_global_name;

After this you can create links between the two databases while using global_name=true.

I learned the trick while building advance replication.

Yechiel Adar
Mehish
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> Don't ask how we got into this situation, but I have two instances with
the same global_name and need to be able to create a link between them. Is this doable?
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