Re: Oracle 8i - what is Global domain name

Thank you Murali. Your explanation was very clear and helpful. - Cecil

Murali wrote:

> Cecil D'Souza <ceecil_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<3C4E90DB.62307B7_at_hotmail.com>...
> > Roman Mirzaitov wrote:
> > global database name consists of DB_NAME and DB_DOMAIN parameters from
> > initSID.ora file. You should put them there before db creation. These
> > parameters reflect name and location within a network. A combination of
> > DB_NAME and DB_DOMAIN should be unique in your network.
> >
> > Reply:
> >
> > From where do you get the InitSID.ora file when it is asking for the global
> > domain name while installing?. The InitSID.ora file is non existent at this
> > point. I am having the same problem. So I just typed 'clinical'. However, I
> > aborted the install for some other reasons but I still did not understand
> > what they meant by global domain name.
> >
> > Can anyone explain how to continue?
> >
>
> The database configuration assistant will create the init.ora file for
> you after installing the software, during database creation. The
> installer wants to know what to put in the init.ora file for the
> global database name. I think there are two fields that you have to
> fill out, the Global name and the SID. Both CAN be the same if that is
> the only database with the name clinical on your network. Or your
> global name can be clinical.world (or clinincal.your.network.domain)
> and sid clinical. It really doesnt matter unless you are going to use
> database links and you have two databases called clinical. You have
> done fine by typing in 'clinical'. Just click "next" to continue.
>
> Murali
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Received on Wed Jan 23 2002 - 11:53:43 CST