on my Win 98 box there is a little icon in the taskbar. If I right click it
there is an entry to shutdown the DB.
"Peter van der Goes" <pvdg_at_worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:3UV18.108006$fe1.1721715_at_bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> We are using a version of Personal Oracle 8i (8.1.7) that came from a
> textbook publisher. It installs so as to start the database automatically
> when the host PC boots up. While the instructions provide a way to start
the
> database (if it fails to start automatically) using Server Manager
> (svrmgrl.exe), no instructions are provided to shut the database down
> manually. It appears that Server Manager (command line, no help) expects
the
> user to first log on to the database and then issue some sort of shutdown
> command. Does anybody know the correct syntax for these commands, or an
> easier way to control the database?
> Oracle running all the time bogs the school PC's down too much for users
of
> other software.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated!
>
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Received on Fri Jan 18 2002 - 12:03:03 CST
