Re: new to oracle

From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 20:35:54 +0100
Message-ID: <iefa20ptjdr5jui2cn6i3sg7chb5bjppfl@4ax.com>

On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 15:55:38 -0000, "ron" <ronaldl._at_flymail.fm> wrote:

>cut and paste of what I did
>
>D:\Documents and Settings\Ronald>set oracle_sid=orac
>
>D:\Documents and Settings\Ronald>sqlplus system/manager
>
>SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production on Sat Feb 7 15:46:54 2004
>
>(c) Copyright 2000 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
>ERROR:
>ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
>
>
>Enter user-name: orac
>Enter password:
>ERROR:
>ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
>
>Hi, maybe I should have mentioned I'm trying to run this in Windows XP Pro.

Got you: you are running 8.1.7 on an O/S for which it was never certified so anything can happen. Please upgrade to 9.2

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Received on Sat Feb 07 2004 - 13:35:54 CST