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Oracle adds "init" in front of the SID. So 4+4 = 8 was for a long time the limit for Microsoft OSes to name a file. It is for backwards compatibility, I think...
-- Thierry Chenus COFINOGA System Administrator Tel: +33 (5) 56 55 75 39 Oracle/Informix DBA T.Chenus_at_cofinoga.frReceived on Wed May 24 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT