Databases Reference
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In the next step, Janice needs to label the instance. Janice gets the Global
Database Name's suffix from the system administrator, but she specifies the SID
as wh10g. The
SID
, or system identifier, is a unique name for the Oracle instance.
This is the same as the connect descriptor that a database user uses when con-
necting to the database with SQL*Plus. When Janice types in the fully qualified
name of the database, wh10g.widgetsRus.com, the SID is automatically
extracted from the Global Database Name and placed in the SID text box.
SID
A system identifier, which is a unique
name assigned to an Oracle instance. A
user must supply a SID to connect to an
Oracle instance.
On the next screen, Janice accepts the option to use Enterprise Manager Database
Control to manage her database. She also has the option to send all e-mail alerts to
her e-mail account, so she specifies the name of the company's e-mail server and her
e-mail address.
