stats.scott > alter database rename global_name to something.world;
Database altered.
stats.scott> select ora_database_name, sys_context('USERENV','DB_NAME') db_name from dual;
ORA_DATABASE_NAME DB_NAME ------------------------------ -------------------- SOMETHING.WORLD stats
1 row selected.
At 10:59 AM 9/11/2003 -0800, you wrote:
/u005/oracle/product/rdbms/admin> ls -l dbmstrig.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 8657 Apr 28 2002 dbmstrig.sql
/u005/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/admin> sed -n '76,85p' dbmstrig.sql Rem returns the current database name create or replace function database_name return varchar2 is begin return dbms_standard.database_name; end; / grant execute on database_name to public / create or replace public synonym ora_database_name for database_name /
/u005/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/admin>
HTH GovindanK
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 05:39 , Hately, Mike (LogicaCMG) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
>Hi, >this statement returns the GLOBAL_NAME value rather than the database name. >Admittedly the 2 should usually be the same but often (following a database >clone for instance) it is not correctly set. > >Regards, >Mike Hately
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