Re: Creating initial databases after installation (Digital UNIX)

Look in your ORACLE_HOME/rdbms73/admin directory for buildall.sql and build_db.sql. These scripts (buildall.sql calls build_db.sql) show how to create a database from scratch. I would start with these and tailor them to your specific needs.

Brian O'Neill wrote:

> OK, I'm new at this Oracle thing, and it seems they didn't send me all
> of the manuals.
>
> I just installed Oracle8 under Digital UNIX 4.0D. Now, how exactly do I
> create the initial database? Using the orainst program and telling it to
> "create database objects" seems to result in nothing happening.
>
> svrmgrl has a "create database" command which requires parameters, but I
> can find no documentation which mentions what the parameters are.
>
> The Oracle web site mentions the DBA Guide, but I have nothing called
> that...and they sent a lot of version 7 docs, not version 8.
>
> Can anyone refer me to a _good_ book on Oracle administration?
>
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Received on Wed Jul 29 1998 - 15:23:03 CDT