From: "Tanel Poder" <tanel@@peldik.com>
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Subject: Re: SYS vs. SYSTEM
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> Sorry, but then you misunderstand. An instance is one thing. And a
database
> is quite another. There is no relationship between the two, other than
> forged by db_name and control_files in the init.ora you specify when
> starting an instance (which can always be changed).

I think Paul was refferring to english word "instance", not Oracle term
"instance".

I could have an instance of object for example, or instance of file or
request as well.

Tanel.