From oramagic@hotmail.com Wed, 02 Jul 2003 11:06:22 -0700 From: "AK" Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 11:06:22 -0700 Subject: service name, sid .. Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain I am reading oracle network admin guide and getting confused abt service name, instance name , db name , sid ..   why service name is not same as db name . Earlier service name and sid used to be same thing .. isn't it ( ? ) .   Can some one clarify with some examples .   TIA -ak