Do you know from where oracle picked up below two values in single Instacle database?
[oracle@oraworld.co.uk dbs]$ lsnrctl status
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on 22-MAR-2012 11:51:06
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Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=oraworld.co.uk)(PORT=1522)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
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Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
Start Date 21-DEC-2011 09:54:31
Uptime 92 days 1 hr. 56 min. 34 sec
Trace Level off
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP OFF
Listener Parameter File /u01/app/oracle/ora10g/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File /u01/app/oracle/ora10g/network/log/listener.log
Listening Endpoints Summary...
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=oraworld.co.uk)(PORT=1522)))
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC0)))
Services Summary...
Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "PLSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "oracledb11g" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "oracle11g", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service == db_unique_name
Instance == ORACLE_SID
As you know, database name shouldn't be more than 8 character but here you could see the service name is more than 8 characters.
