you can also I believe type lsnrctl start at a command prompt and you'll get
the error message there.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
news:odqm9tc1jjpj33hqnhr45po8l5evlgbccf_at_4ax.com...
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:59:24 GMT, "Darryl" <nospam_at_nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >I'm running 8i on NT, and I recently stopped the TNSListener service.
Now
> >it won't start again, and I can't use ODBC to connect to any databases.
I
> >get an error like:
> >
> >Unable to start the TNSListener service.
> >Error 1037 (I think) - the program was terminated unexpectedly.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
>
> listener.log in %ORACLE_HOME%\network\log should contain error
> messages. You can of course also check the event log of your server on
> NT.
>
> Hth,
>
> >Thanks,
> >Darryl
> >
> >
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
Received on Tue Feb 27 2001 - 05:01:47 CST
