Thanks Sybrand
sybrandb wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> > Hi all, please forgive my ignorance in the oracle arena , I am not a
> > dba but I am a Unix sytems Administrator.
> >
> > The scenario : we are upgrading from Oracle 8 to Oracle 10g and will be
> > having both releases running in parallel on the same server for a
> > limited period of time.
> >
> > Question: Is it possible to have an instance named 'XYZPRD' running on
> > Oracle 8 and Oracle 10g at the same time (they are the same in name
> > only) on the same server and, if possible, how is it done?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Tim
>
> It is NOT possible as the SID uniquely identifies an instance.
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Mon Nov 20 2006 - 05:17:02 CST
