Re: windows host name length

From: Howard Latham <howard.latham_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 15:35:36 +0100
Message-ID: <713d96d10904030735u16a935cpc72bc772f4a0a890_at_mail.gmail.com>

We have one called exchange-2009 I think that's our longest

2009/4/3 Arm, Mike (IS) <michael.arm_at_ngc.com>

> I just checked my windows box running Windows Server 2003/Oracle
> 10.2.0.2.0 and the 12 character name shows up just fine in v$instance. All
> my redhat boxes have 6 or 7 character names.
>
> Mike
>
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Goulet, Richard
> *Sent:* Friday, April 03, 2009 9:46 AM
> *To:* JBECKSTROM_at_gcrta.org; oracle-l-freelists; oracle-db-l
> *Subject:* RE: windows host name length
>
> Not being a Windoze admin I certainly don't know, but there is a bug in
> Oracle (at least through 10g) that limits the host_name in v$instance to the
> first 8 characters.
>
>
> *Dick Goulet***
>
>
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Jeffrey Beckstrom
> *Sent:* Friday, April 03, 2009 7:35 AM
> *To:* oracle-l-freelists; oracle-db-l
> *Subject:* windows host name length
>
> We just received some new servers and the admin group is proposing a new
> naming convention for them. The name would be 12 characters in length. Are
> there any limitations on windows for the length of a server name?
>
>
> Jeffrey Beckstrom
> Database Administrator
> Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
> 1240 W. 6th Street
> Cleveland, Ohio 44113
>

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