RE: How to find the current instance name?

select * from global_name;

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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 4:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

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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