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Lee Wan Ling <wanling_at_camelot.eno.ericsson.se> wrote in <34D80B12.7990D432_at_camelot.eno.ericsson.se>:
> Hi there,
> I'm kind of new to ORACLE. I understand that the ORACLE_SID
> can only be 4 character-long. Does the ORACLE_SID be the same as the
> database name? Does this mean all my database names can only be 4
> character-long?
Certainly not.You can use up to eight characters for the database name.
>
> Best Regards,
> Wan Ling
>
>
Sincerely yours, Alexander G BozhikReceived on Wed Feb 04 1998 - 00:00:00 CST
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