Re: Watch what you call your ORACLE_SID!

Can you please more specific in regards to the ORACLE_PATH? Do you mean if I set my Oracle_path to include a directory that has my Oracle_Sid name, i would run into the same problem?

Satar Naghshineh

P.S. I liked your Monica reference.
In article <36190592.2578821_at_news.virgin.net>,   Young_at_Heart.com (Bagpuss) wrote:
> My earlier "ORACLE NOT AVAILABLE..." plea for help is finally no
> longer valid! The reason for this error was most bizarre!
>
> Apparently, when connecting remotely, or even locally, via TCP/IP (at
> least) if there is any file in your ORACLE_PATH that matches your
> ORACLE_SID you may encounter the same problem as me i.e. an 'ORACLE
> NOT AVAILABLE...' error. (Oracle was, in fact, more available tham a
> certain Miss Lewinsky). Iam using Unixware 2.1.2 and Oracle 7.3.3.
>
> I post this in the hope that no-one reading it will ever be bamboozled
> by this perplexing and ultimately time-consuming problem!!
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bagpuss.
>

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