Look in the alert log and see what error messages you have.
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
"Robert Wehofer" <thalion77_at_graffiti.net> wrote in message
news:uifNa.106435$kC4.1734386_at_news.chello.at...
> Hi there!
>
> I'm not able anymore to log in into my local Oracle database (Oracle
Version
> 8.1). I always get the error message: "ORA-01033: Oracle initialization or
> shutdown in progress".
>
> I have found following way to restart my database:
>
> 1) Open a Command window by clicking on Start -> Run -> cmd
> 2) Go to your Oracle bin directory: CD C:\ORANT\BIN
> 3) Run the Server Manager utility: SVRMGRL or SVRMGRL23
> 4) Type in CONNECT INTERNAL to connect to the database
> 5) Type in SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE to shut it down
> 6) If 5) does not work, try again but with SHUTDOWN ABORT
> 7) Once database is shut down, type in STARTUP
>
> But this won't help! I still cannot log in. What should I do?
>
> Regards,
> Robert
>
>
Received on Fri Jul 04 2003 - 09:16:53 CDT
