Oracle-L: RE: Why DB_Name 4 chars only.

From: Ron Thomas <rthomas_at_hypercom.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:36:31 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004A67EC.20020730123631@fatcity.com>

This relates back to the dos days (break out that chisel). 8.3 filename format requires a sid less than 5 characters, eg, initXXXX.ora

Ron Thomas
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We have SIDs 9 chars long!

Ron SMith

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Hi,
What is the reason behind DB_Name/SID usually 4 chars length only. I have a customer who is asking us to create instance/db with 6 chars length. We usually keep instance name and db_name parameters same in .ora file. Can someone please explain the reason behind db_name 4 chars only. Is it a common practice to keep SID/db_name/instance name parameters same (for example PBDS). thanks
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