How do I find the SID of an Oracle 8.0 install ?

I have a Win NT that acts as the Domain in our LAN
+ 3 Win 98 boxes , that need to get to the Oracle
database situated on the Win NT machine.
I tried creating the service using Net8 Assistant
on the Win98 machine from which I type this,
then I noticed they asked me for the SID and Hostname
of the Server.
I knew the Hostname of the Server , but not the SID.
So I went upto the server and checked for the init*.ora
file . If my SID was LOOKBOSS , then I guess the init*.ora
file would be named initLOOKBOSS.ora , but :
I found 2 files : -
o initorcl.ora
o initseed.ora
Both files being exact replicas of the other and each claiming
to be the init.ora !
I tried out some other utility (I do not re-collect the name) ,
that said that I have only 1 hos t configured ...
so where did this init-orcl thing come from ?
Now I tried passing seed as the SID at my Win98 box and was
scolded by Net8 Assistant which said that it could not connect.
I also tried orcl as the SID .
Now please can somebody please tell me how I can find out the SID
from the Serer ?
Regards,
Shyam

Hi Shyam,
Go to the sqlplus session in the server itself, and cdonnect as system/manager. At the SQL prompt, select name from V$database. This is the name of the ORACLE S
ID running on your machine. Ideally if you have opted for the default database installation while installing the product/database, the file name should be initorcl.ora and the SID would be orcl.
Hope this sorts out your problem.
Cheers.

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