Re: oracle_sid environment variable

From: Fred Petillot <fpetillo_at_fr.oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 19:11:11 -0100
Message-ID: <386281DE.693AB68B@fr.oracle.com>

younkins_at_lucent.com wrote:

> Could someone help me understand what the $ORACLE_SID is used for?

It's combined with the ORACLE_HOME to produce the shmid of the relevant instance SGA.

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