select * from global_name will work I think
"Seán Hennessy" <seanhennessy_at_eircom.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I want to display the host_name of the Oracle server in the 'About'
> box of my application. Of coure only SYS or SYSDBAs have access to
> V$INSTANCE, so a straight select simply won't work for most users. I
> tried to put the select in a package (on the basis that it would then
> run under the permissions of the packages creator), but Oracle
> wouldn't recognise V$INSTANCE.
>
> The issue arises because for testing purposes the customer frequently
> rebuilds a backup machine from a copy of the main database. We need to
> be 100% certain which we are connected to before doing any tests.
>
> What's the easiest way to accomplish this given that a) we're not
> getting paid for this so we don't want to expend too much effort and
> b) don't want to compromise security?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Seán Hennessy
Received on Tue Jul 01 2003 - 12:50:51 CDT
