Comments on: How can I write a SQL query to get the database name ? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/searching-db-name/ Sat, 25 May 2013 17:28:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Most-Watched IT Questions: July 13, 2010 - ITKE Community Blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/searching-db-name/#comment-79129 The Most-Watched IT Questions: July 13, 2010 - ITKE Community Blog Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:08:34 +0000 #comment-79129 [...] KulkarniMandar asked his first question: How can I write a SQL query to get the database name? Mr. Denny and Meandyou helped him out. Welcome to the community, [...]

]]> By: meandyou http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/searching-db-name/#comment-78733 meandyou Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:43:27 +0000 #comment-78733 Not all RDBMSes have the ability to tell you what instance or location or whatever.
So at install time, I make it a practice to always add a table containing any and all pieces of info anyone might want. Make the table available to everyone.
table might include INSTANCE, LOCATION, LPAR, DATE INSTALLED, SOFTWARE VERSION, …

Caveat – just remember to update the info if you clone this instance

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