A database alias is an alternative name used to identify a database. A database is referred to by the alias specified for that database in the system database directory.
A database alias must be unique within the system database directory. Therefore, to connect to databases with the same name located in different directory paths, you must specify a unique alias when cataloging the databases. When a database is created, it is cataloged with an alias equal to the database name.
Database aliases of a database alias are not supported.
A database alias consists of 1 to 8 characters from the following set of characters:
Also, an alias:
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