RE: How to find the current instance name?

You probably want to do the following. v$database.name is the database name not the instance name. Although
most name the same but not required.

SELECT instance FROM v$thread;

Rick

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List,

How to find the current instance name for the session?.

>From svrmgrl, i can using "SELECT name FROM v$database".

What is the equivalant from the ordinary user?

Regards
Nirmal.

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