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Re: How to name the password?

From: Rauf Sarwar <rs_arwar_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 24 Apr 2003 16:29:31 -0700
Message-ID: <92eeeff0.0304241529.2463bb10@posting.google.com>


tgiridhar_at_yahoo.com (giridhar) wrote in message news:<c7b5ba55.0304240814.5fcdde0f_at_posting.google.com>...
> The password file is made up of two parts, the prefix orapw and the <sid>. You
> must make sure the sid's case matches that of the environment variable
> ORACLE_SID.
>
> For example, if the environment variable ORACLE_SID=TEST and the password
> file is name is orapwtest then you will encounter the ORA-01990. To correct
> the problem, rename the passwordfile to PWDTEST and then restart the database.

I think you are mixing Unix and Windows... A grave sin by itself.

On Unix it is orapw<sid> and On Windows it is pwd<sid>.ora. Case doesn't matter on Windows but it does on *nix.

Regards
/Rauf Sarwar Received on Thu Apr 24 2003 - 18:29:31 CDT

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