We had the same problem and had to add a line in the registry to declare the
SID of the current instance
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>
> After spending several days on this I have come
> to this, a last cry for help...
>
> I am running Window2000 Professional with Oracle
> 8i Personal Edition. All was going well in my
> efforts to do some testing on running a script to
> build a database; when all of a sudden I began to
> get this ORA-12560 error message when I (either
> manually or my script) tried to use SQL*Plus or
> Server Manager.
>
> I thought it may have been some of the tinkering
> around I had done, so I went as far as
> uninstalling Oracle, restarting the machine and
> then reinstalling it again; but immediately
> received the same error when trying to open
> svrmgrl or sqlplus in command line mode. I have
> checked all of the related files, listener.ora,
> tnsnames.ora, etc.; and all appear in order or at
> their default values.
>
> I've noticed that on several news groups and
> Oracle sites many people seem to be having this
> same problem - but I never see any answers to
> these posts on the issue....
>
> Any ideas? Or can anyone point to a good site
> which will explain how to read the trace files
> generated by the TNSListener?
>
>
> --
> Art Vandelay
>
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Received on Fri Dec 29 2000 - 11:17:07 CST
