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pradyumn_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> How do I change the instance name or the SID? Is changing the db_name
> parameter in init.ora enough, or is something else required to be done?
NO!
The SID-name is something completelly different from the database name.
Under windows NT use ORADIMnn.EXE to change the SID (use the -newsid
option).
Under UNIX change the name of the initfile and the entry in /etc/oratab.
Erwin
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Received on Thu Dec 09 1999 - 13:51:44 CST