A name that identifies a specific instance of a running pre-release Oracle8i database. For any database, there is at least one instance referencing the database.
For pre-release Oracle8i databases,
SID was used to identify the database. The SID was included in the part
of the connect descriptor in a tnsnames.ora
file, and in
the definition of the listener in the listener.ora
file. Connect descriptors used by clients to connect to an Oracle8
or Oracle7 database should be configured with the SID parameter.
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See Also: Database Identification by Service Name Rather than SID |