Re: help with WinXP install

Just a few ideals to get you started with Oracle on WinXP 1. Check if the services are up and running MyCompute->right click->manage->services (Oracleservice<SID> and Listener) must be started

2. (My personal preference) Copy the "SQL Plus" icon to your desktop,
- then go to properties and change the target to something like
C:\<Oracle home>\bin\sqlplusw.exe /nolog The " /nolog" is handy to always open a sqlplus window
- then enter "set instance <your database SID here>"

• then you can try "connect system/<the password you supplied>" 3. To validate some of the connection options, open a dos/cmd window
• then type "tnsping <your database SID here>" This last step is used to resolve issues with the tnsnames.ora, listener.ora and sqlnet.ora files.

Good luck. Received on Tue Jan 11 2005 - 11:51:17 CST