Oracle Database 12c New Features

ORA-00066: SID 'string' contains an illegal character or is too long

ORA-00066: SID 'string' contains an illegal character or is too long


Cause:


The specified SID contained an illegal character or the SID specified was too long, which cannot occur in an SPFILE setting. Illegal characters include ,#"'=() and whitespace.



Action:


Use a SID that does not contain a special character or whitespace. Check platform specific documentation for the maximum length of SID.