A)  Change your unholy methods to use the light side of the force.
or
B)  Just use a different variable to hold the tnsnames.ora entry of wherever
you happen to be connecting to.  Or initialize the $ORACLE_SID variable to
whatever you want it to be.  This allows you to iterate through a list of
SIDs to perform ops on multiple db's if needed, i.e., 

"sqlplus user@current_sid
 ...
 exit
 echo $current_sid >> logfile"

in your script.

Scott Shafer
San Antonio, TX
210.581.6217


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fink, Dan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 12:34 PM
> To:   Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject:      RE: svrmgrl echo v$database in script
> 
> What happens if the ORACLE_SID is set to one value and the caller uses
> SQL*Net to access a different database? While this is not usually the case
> in scripts, it could be a problem if the script is parted of a called
> function. 
> ORACLE_SID=DEV
> sqlplus scott/tiger@PROD  <-- I'm not connected to DEV anymore.
> 
> I realize this is nit-picking, but I've done far too many recoveries
> because
> someone thought they were in DEV when they actually connected to PROD. I'd
> rather know EXACTLY which db I'm connected to, not which one the O/S
> thinks
> I should be in.
> 
> My $.02
> 
> Dan Fink
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 9:43 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> 
> 
> echo $ORACLE_SID >> logfile
> 
> Scott Shafer
> San Antonio, TX
> 210.581.6217
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Baker, Barbara [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent:       Wednesday, October 02, 2002 6:28 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject:    svrmgrl echo v$database in script
> > 
> > 
> > Oracle 8.0.5
> > Solaris 2.6
> > 
> > List:
> > I've created a script (ksh) called from elsewhere that shuts down the
> > database.  I REALLY want to echo the name of the database into my log
> file
> > before I shut down.    While "select name from v$database" works fine
> from
> > svrmgrl interactively, it throws up in the script.  I'd guess the $ sign
> > is
> > screwing it up.  (I can get other commands to work within the script.)
> > However, I don't know what to do about it.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Thx!!!
> > 
> > Barb
> > 
> > $ svrmgrl
> > 
> > SVRMGR> connect internal
> > Connected.
> > SVRMGR> select name from v$database;
> > NAME
> > ---------
> > TADENT
> > 1 row selected.
> > 
> > 
> > #!/usr/bin/ksh
> > # $Id: stop_db.sh ver.1 10/02/2002 B.Baker Exp $
> > # Name:         stop_db.sh
> > # Author:       Barb Baker
> > # Purpose:      execute shutdown immediate on current database
> > #               (i.e., database pointed to by current value of
> ORACLE_SID)
> > ############################################################
> > echo "Stop oracle instance \"${ORACLE_SID}\"  at `date` "
> >            ${ORACLE_HOME}/bin/svrmgrl << EOF
> >                    connect internal
> >                    select name from v_$database;
> > EOF
> > 
> > 
> > $  ./stop_db.sh
> > Stop oracle instance "tadent"  at Wed Oct  2 16:24:59 MDT 2002
> > 
> > 
> > SVRMGR> Connected.
> > SVRMGR>                    select name from v_
> >                       *
> > ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
> > SVRMGR>
> > Server Manager complete.
> 
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