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Re: oradim73.exe, only SID-name with 4 digits possible ?

From: <t.chenus_at_imedia.com>
Date: 2000/05/24
Message-ID: <8F3EA2F87tchenuscofinogafr@133.4.1.13>#1/1

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...

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Thierry Chenus                  COFINOGA
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Received on Wed May 24 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT

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