Re: Starting up multiple databases

From: Svend Jensen <svend.jensen_at_it.dk>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:23:03 +0100
Message-ID: <3D6BEDB7.1000506@it.dk>

Carlos Oliveira wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have Oracle running under Linux.
>
> The ORACLE_SID variable is set by default to a database. Is this set by /etc/profile.d/oracle.sh ? Is this script runned everytime the computer starts?
>
> Other question: is it possible to run two databases at the same time? If so, how can it be done?
>
> Thank you very much in advance
>
> Cheers
>
> Carlos Oliveira
>

The oratab file and the script oraenv is used to switch between databases. As
export ORACLE_SID=XXX ; . oraenv (normally copied to local bin, typically /usr/local/bin as set in PATH) Done. Received on Tue Aug 27 2002 - 16:23:03 CDT