WOW.. This works preety fine. $ ORACLE_SID=admdevs4;export ORACLE_SID $ echo $ORACLE_SID admdevs4 $ ksh $ echo $ORACLE_SID admdevs4 $ export ORACLE_SID=admdev $ echo $ORACLE_SID admdev $ exit $ echo $SHELL /bin/sh $ echo $ORACLE_SID admdevs4 $ export ORACLE_SID=admdev ORACLE_SID=admdev: is not an identifier $ I donno much abt Shells and Unix. But seems need to dig those things. Regards - Chirag On 9/7/05, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I don't know for sure but it seems likely due to the shell difference - > I'm using ksh and the "export VARIABLE=value" syntax works fine for me. Try > running ksh first and then see if it works for you. > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Chirag DBA [mailto:chiragdba@xxxxxxxxx] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:49 PM > *To:* Allen, Brandon > *Cc:* Kurth, Michael J.; Oracle-L Freelists; askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* Re: oracle sid > > $ echo $SHELL > /bin/sh > And this really worked Allen. But it should also work with simple export > command. > Why it is not working? > Thank you... > > On 9/7/05, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Not sure what the problem is there, but see if this works: > > $ ORACLE_SID=admdevs4;export ORACLE_SID > > > > > >