Re: ORA-00472 PMON terminated with error

Here's some additional info (I found the PMON trace file):

SESSION ID:(1.1) 1998.05.25.20.42.55.207 error 471 detected in background process OPIRIP: uncaught error 447. Error stack: ORA-00447: fatal error in background process ORA-00471: DBWR process terminated with error

TIA
Tim

Tim Romano wrote in message <6kd3jn$3dc1_at_helium.superstream.net>...
>I was updating a Personal Oracle 7.3 database running under Windows NT and
>got the following error: ORA-00472 PMON process terminated with error
>
>I found the following explanation on the web and would appreciate some
hints
>with regard to the "background process trace file". What is it called and
>where is it located?
>
>TIA,
>Tim
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>Cause: The Process Monitor process terminated abnormally.
>Action: Check the accompanying messages, if any, and the background process
>trace file. Correct the problem mentioned in the other messages. Then shut
>down and restart the instance. If the trace file mentions any other
>background process messages, check the trace file for the mentioned
process
>until the root message is found.
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Received on Mon May 25 1998 - 19:52:58 CDT