RE: URGENT - create database

This note is from MetaLink that may provide some troubleshooting hints.

Rick

 Error: ORA 1990
 Text: error opening password file <name>  

---
 Cause:  An attempt to open the specified password file failed because of
one 
         of the following errors:
         An operating system error occurred.
         ORAPWD is already running, so the password file is locked.
         The environment variables ORA_<sid>_PWFILE and ORA_PWFILE are not
set.
 Action: Check for the above causes and correct as necessary.
 .



> -----Original Message-----

> From:	Suganya [SMTP:ukumsu02_at_shafika.vetri.com]

> Sent:	Thursday, November 16, 2000 7:21 AM

> To:	Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

> Subject:	URGENT - create database

> 

> Hi all 

>   I didn't get the error number also in the orafaq please any one help and

> tel me a solution for it 

>    

> SVRMGR> startup nomount pfile = 

> /sora01/app/oracle8i/product/8.1.5/admin/ford/pf 

> ile/initgalaxydb.ora 

> ORACLE instance started. 

> Total System Global Area                         36683152 bytes 

> Fixed Size                                          64912 bytes 

> Variable Size                                    19668992 bytes 

> Database Buffers                                 16777216 bytes 

> Redo Buffers                                       172032 bytes 

> SVRMGR> create database galaxydb 

>      2> controlfile reuse 

>      3> datafile '/sora01/oradata/galaxydb/gxysystem.dbf' size 128M 

> AUTOEXTEND O 

> FF 

>      4> maxdatafiles 400 

>      5> maxinstances 8 

>      6> maxlogfiles 32 

>      7> logfile group 1 ('/sora01/oradata/galaxydb/redo1_1.log', 

>      8> '/sora01/oradata/galaxydb/redo1_2.log') size 5M REUSE, 

>      9> group 2 ('/sora01/oradata/galaxydb/redo2_1.log', 

>     10> '/sora01/oradata/galaxydb/redo2_2.log') size 5M REUSE, 

>     11> group 3 ('/sora01/oradata/galaxydb/redo3_1.log', 

>     12> '/sora01/oradata/galaxydb/redo3_2.log') size 5M REUSE 

>     13> noarchivelog; 

> create database galaxydb 

> * 

> ORA-01501: CREATE DATABASE failed 

> ORA-01990: error opening password file 

> '/sora01/app/oracle8i/product/8.1.5/dbs/o 

> rapw' 

> 

> for this i separately created the orapwd file command and executed still 

> it is giving the 

> same problem . 

> Regards 

> suganya 

> 

> "Sackwitz, Antje" wrote: 

> 

> 	Hi, 

> 	we also got a Sybase database in our company and I never worked with

> Sybase 

> 	before. 

> 	Can anyone recommend some documentation for someone who knows

> Oracle? 

> 	Is there a Sybase mailing list as well? 

> 	I'm also seekin gfor a document on the differences between Oracle,

> Sybase, 

> 	Informix, PostGres(, Access  maybe) also and for what situation

> which is 

> 	the best database. 

> 

> 	Regards, 

> 	Antje 

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> 	Author: Sackwitz, Antje 

> 	  INET: Sackwitz_at_vst.vossloh.de 

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