Jonathan Lewis wrote:
>
> There are a couple of notes on the FAQ listed below
> describing how to Delete an Oracle Database
> completely from a Windows environment.
>
> Generally you have to mess about in the registry
> to complete the job.
>
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> Bharath wrote in message ...
> >Hi,
> > I'd installed Oracle 8.1.7 database on W2K and had given a sid.It
> >was working fine.
> >But later i encountered some problems and had to uninstall it.
> >While installing it again,I was prompted for a sid.I'd tried to give
> >the same sid which i'd given earlier but i'm getting a message saying
> >that the sid already exists and have to give a different one.
> >Though I unistalled everything earlier why is the sid not removed?
> >anyway I want to use the same sid.
> >
> >Once i had the same problem and I removed all the info regarding the
> >sid name from the registry.
> >I had problems with it then had to re-install the O/S.
> >
> >Please help me out with this.
> >
> >
> >Thanks
> >Bharath
Win? services probably still exist.
Open a command session ("DOS Box"), and issue:
oradim -delete -sid <your sid here>
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Gtrz,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Mon Dec 24 2001 - 09:29:22 CST
