Re: Help me rebate: "One ORACLE instance allows one DB only"

From: Steve <smontgomerie_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 24 Nov 2002 20:28:55 -0800
Message-ID: <156709aa.0211242028.45eac992_at_posting.google.com>


gonzalovilaseca_at_jazzfree.com (GV) wrote in message news:<37c129ee.0211210836.3ed5abd1_at_posting.google.com>...
> A person has argued that "One ORACLE instance allows one DB only",
> I've worked with oracle and Im almost sure this is not true, can
> anybody give me any links to info with consistent arguments to rebate
> this?
> Thanks,
> GV

you can have multiple instances of a db (OPS and RAC) but an instance cannot *belong* to more than one db.

An instance is simply set of memory structures that allow access to the phsycial files which compose a db Received on Mon Nov 25 2002 - 05:28:55 CET

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