Re: How to identify the 'current' instance

In <slrn565dvj.7qh.roby_at_h2net.net> roby_at_h2net.net (Roby Sherman) writes:

>In article <53u9au$i7d_at_gw.PacBell.COM>, j4xprel_at_pbsrv10.isp.pacbell.com wrote:
>>running under hp-ux, after exporting ORACLE_SID=TST, TWO_TASK=DEV and
>>then logging on to sql*plus with 'sqlplus user_id_at_T:host_name:PRD' is
>>there any way to query the correct current instance?
>>
>>thanks in advance.
>>
 

>select global_name from global_name;
 

>This will report back the global_name of the current database.

If your version of Oracle doesn't have a global_name table, try:
  select value from v$parameter where name = 'db_name';

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