leostar10 wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> That must be there 3001st post ..can you point me
> to the message you had posted which explains Database/Instance scenario
> in detail. If not, can you explain in a few words a possible scenario
> of multiple Oracle instances sharing the same DB.
>
> Thanks.

Multiple instances connecting to one database = RAC (Real Application
Clusters)

There is a huge amount on them all over the web and especially at
http://tahiti.oracle.com.

HTH
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Daniel A. Morgan
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