Mladen, doesn't your spell checker dictionary include "RUMPELSTILTSKIN"?
;-) --- Mladen Gogala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about: > > SELECT 'RUMPELSTILSKIN' FROM DUAL; > > That should be a good guess. > > -- > Mladen Gogala > Oracle DBA > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Jose Luis Delgado > > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:38 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > Subject: RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without > > > > > > Can you try: > > > > select global_name from global_name;??? > > > > compare it with your > > select ora_database_name from dual > > > > Are they the same? > > > > HTH > > JL > > > > --- David Wagoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You might get some surprising results from SELECT > ORA_DATABASE_NAME > > > FROM DUAL; (see below). I have a DEV database cloned > > > from Prod. and it still > > > lists the Prod. DB name with that query. Where is > > > it reading the name from? > > > You can see that other queries produce the "correct" > > > name. > > > > > > > > > SQL> select instance_name from v$instance; > > > > > > INSTANCE_NAME > > > ---------------- > > > dmedi01 > > > > > > SQL> show parameter name; > > > > > > NAME TYPE > > > VALUE > > > ------------------------------------ ----------- > > > ------------------------------ > > > db_file_name_convert string > > > db_name string > > > dmedi01 > > > global_names boolean > > > FALSE > > > instance_name string > > > dmedi01 > > > lock_name_space string > > > log_file_name_convert string > > > oracle_trace_collection_name string > > > oracle_trace_facility_name string > > > oracled > > > plsql_native_make_file_name string > > > service_names string > > > dmedi01.arsenaldigital.com > > > > > > SQL> select ora_database_name from dual; > > > > > > ORA_DATABASE_NAME > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------- > > > ---- > > > PMEDI01.ARSENALDIGITAL.COM > > > > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > David B. Wagoner > > > Database Administrator > > > Arsenal Digital Solutions > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:00 PM > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > How about SELECT ORA_DATABASE_NAME FROM DUAL; > > > > > > HTH > > > GovindanK > > > > > > > select sys_context('USERENV','DB_NAME') from > > > <anytable>; > > > > > > > > At 10:49 AM 9/10/2003 -0800, you wrote: > > > >>hi. > > > >> > > > >>I think there was a dbms package to get some of > > > >>the environment variables for a session, but I > > > can't > > > >>remember anyhting specific. If someone know what > > > I'm > > > >>talking about and has any details, please Email me > > > or > > > >>post here > > > >> > > > >>thanks > > > >> > > > >>Gene > > > > > > > > Wolfgang Breitling > > > > Oracle7, 8, 8i, 9i OCP DBA > > > > Centrex Consulting Corporation > > > > http://www.centrexcc.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > > > http://www.orafaq.net > > > -- > > > Author: GovindanK > > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 > > > http://www.fatcity.com > > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web > > > hosting services > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > > > E-Mail message > > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > > > 'ListGuru') and in > > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > > > ORACLE-L > > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > > > from). 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