SPUG: DBI question: Lookup given a SID

[Eric Hanchrow]

>>>>>   <Eric.D.Peterson at alltel.com> writes:

      Given a database name (i.e., SID) is there a way to lookup the
    hostname and/or ip address?  For example I know the following:

                    db: dbname
                    Host: xxx.alltel.com
                    IP: nn.nn.nn.nn

      I'd like to do something like this in Perl.

                    my ( $host, $IP ) = who ( $db );

I must be failing to understand something basic.  You first say you
know the host and IP; then you ask how to get the host and IP.  What
am I missing?

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