Message-Id: <10739.126493@fatcity.com> From: "Mark Leith" Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:25:11 -0000 Subject: RE: Failure while trying to start the database : Please Help This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C07CA3.78F799A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Have you tried to start up using the pfile option? SQL>startup pfile=PATH/init.ora Are there any errors in the alert log, or any errors accompanying this error? There should be more information in the error stack.. HTH Mark -----Original Message----- From: root@fatcity.com [mailto:root@fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Sanjay Kumar Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 07:26 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Failure while trying to start the database : Please Help Hi, I created a database using DB CreateAssistant. Then I went to the pfile where the init.ora is placed. I renamed the filename and after sometime renamed it back to original. But it seems like it is not taking/reading that file. I get ORA-01078 failure in processing system parameters Kindly help. Sanjay ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C07CA3.78F799A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Have=20 you tried to start up using the pfile option?
 
SQL>startup pfile=3DPATH/init.ora =
 
Are=20 there any errors in the alert log, or any errors accompanying this = error? There=20 should be more information in the error stack..
 
HTH
 
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: root@fatcity.com=20 [mailto:root@fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Sanjay = Kumar
Sent:=20 Thursday, January 11, 2001 07:26
To: Multiple recipients of = list=20 ORACLE-L
Subject: Failure while trying to start the database = :=20 Please Help

Hi,
 
I created a database using DB = CreateAssistant.=20 Then I went to the pfile where the init.ora is placed. I renamed the = filename=20 and after sometime renamed it back to original. But it seems like it = is not=20 taking/reading that file.
 
I get ORA-01078 failure in = processing=20 system
parameters
 
Kindly help.
 
Sanjay