Re: ORACLE_SID - how many characters?
From: Simon Stearn BT group <sjs_at_metagen.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 12:22:51 GMT
Message-ID: <1994Mar22.122251.29221_at_metagen.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 12:22:51 GMT
Message-ID: <1994Mar22.122251.29221_at_metagen.co.uk>
In article <19940321.064641.996_at_almaden.ibm.com>, alanb_at_vnet.IBM.COM (Alan Beal) writes:
|> I have seen some Oracle manuals state that ORACLE_SID must be 4
|> characters or less. But it appears that it can be longer. What
|> exactly is the maximum length for ORACLE_SID on UNIX systems?
|>
|> Alan Beal alanb_at_vnet.ibm.com
|> (607)751-2026
ORACLE_SID is an environment variable - it can be as long as a long thing. The
thing is, Oracle only looks at the first 4 characters.
Hope this helps,
Simon Stearn
(Only my opinion, not necessarily anyone elses etc)
Received on Tue Mar 22 1994 - 13:22:51 CET