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

Error Message

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.

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