Re: oracle install problems

did you set the ORACLE_HOME environment variable?

In article <623dut$op2_at_gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> sweth_at_gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Sweth Chandramouli) writes:
> i posted a while ago about an inherited db that i didn't have the
>passwords for; none of the solutions that i was given seemed to work, and
>the db wasn't a production one, so i decided to just wipe the entire
>machine (a sparc ultra/2) and start over from scratch. i reinstalled
>solaris 2.5.1, and then ran the standard oracle install. everything
>seemed to work right, but when i try to access the db from the command
>line, i get all sorts of errors:
>
>$ /opt/oracle7/bin/sqlplus
>Message file sp1<lang>.msb not found.
>Error initializing SQL*Plus
>$ /opt/oracle7/bin/svrmgrl
>
>Oracle Server Manager Release 2.3.2.0.0 - Production
>
>Message 4505 not found; No message file for product=SVRMGR, facility=MGR
>
>Error while trying to retrieve text for error ORA-12545
>SVRMGR> connect internal
>Message 701 not found; No message file for product=SVRMGR, facility=MGR
>Message 701 not found; No message file for product=SVRMGR, facility=MGR
>Error while trying to retrieve text for error ORA-12545
>SVRMGR>
>
>
> does anyone have any idea what these errors mean, and what i can
>do to fix them? i don't want to try yet another resintall, and oracle
>support has had me on hold for the last hour or so.
>
> tia,
> sweth.
>--
>.
Received on Fri Oct 17 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT