RE: Oracle is slowly driving me insane.....

And the morons you work for want detailed installation instructions written up for documentation purposes.  

Doesn't help that Oracle changes the rules with every release.  

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Bobak, Mark Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:22 PM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Oracle is slowly driving me insane.....  

So, I'm installing the 10gR2 App Server, and I get to the window where you define passwords for SYS, SYSTEM, SYSMAN, and DBSNMP.

So, I type in our standard passwords for each of the accounts, and I get:

Password may contain Alphanumeric, underscore (_), dollar ($), or pound
(#) characters only: SYS.

Password may contain Alphanumeric, underscore (_), dollar ($), or pound
(#) characters only: SYSTEM.

Password may contain Alphanumeric, underscore (_), dollar ($), or pound
(#) characters only: SYSMAN.

Password may contain Alphanumeric, underscore (_), dollar ($), or pound
(#) characters only: DBSNMP.
 

Now, this is the exact same software I installed a couple of weeks ago, with the same standard passwords, and there was no problem. (Our standard passwords contain an exclamation point(!).)

I don't get it.....how did it work two weeks ago, and choke now....?

Sigh....I *love* Oracle....;-)

-Mark

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Mark J. Bobak 
Senior Oracle Architect 
ProQuest Information & Learning 

"There are 10 types of people in the world:  Those who understand
binary, and those who don't." 
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