Re: Problem: can't create a database

I'll try these as soon as I get a chance ... but that language wasn't in German - I'm fluent, I'd know : ) It sounds like a scandinavian language of some sort ...

btw, I believe my NLS_LANG is currently set to UK (as per the instructions) ... I'll try the american thing, though.

Brice

hackman wrote:

> two things happening here:
> 1. Your init.ora is not in the $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory. This is the
> problem with the 8.1.5 installer. Find the init.ora and copy it into the dbs
> directory. My guess is that the installer is creating it in the $ORACLE_BASE
> directory ('/usr/local/oracle/8i/u01/app/oracle/admin/....).
> 2 Set your NLS_LANG=AMERICAN.WE8ISO8859P1;export NLS_LANG in your .profile
> before you start svrmgrl. For some reason your error messages are coming out
> in German, this should help with that problem.
>
> good luck hope that helps
>
> Brice Ruth <Brice.Ruth_at_penguinboots.com> wrote in message
> news:38A20411.391097A5_at_penguinboots.com...
> > Here's some more info (after following instructions from a previous post
> > & attempting to create DB w/o dbassist):
> >
> > after running my crdb1.sh file, the following errors are reported:
> >
> > Connected.
> > LRM-00109: Kan ikke ebne parameterfilen
> > '/usr/local/oracle/8i/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/dbs/init8idb.ora'
> > ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
> > CREATE DATABASE "8idb"
> > *
> > ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> > Disconnected.
> >
> > What's goin' on here? First off, why is "Kan ikke ebne parameterfilen" in
> > this error? This seems to be in a different language! I also checked the
> > path it prints out - that file exists. It is a symlink to the actual .ora
> > file.
> >
> > Please help!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Brice
> >
> > Brice Ruth wrote:
> >
> > > I've followed the directions to install Oracle 8i in Linux (RedHat 6.1)
> > > and Oracle seems installed fine. I've applied patches 1 & 2 (as per
> > > instructions) as well. However - I cannot create a database! I'm
> > > trying to use dbassist and all goes well until it actually tries to
> > > create the database and svrmgrl constantly reports "not logged on" ...
> > > do I have something set up wrong?
> > >
> > > Any help is greatly appreciated!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Brice
> > >
> > > --
> > > +--+
> > > "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should,
> > > therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense."
> > > -- E. W. Dijkstra (1982)
> >
> > --
> > +--+
> > "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should,
> > therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense."
> > -- E. W. Dijkstra (1982)
> >
> >
> >
> >

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"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense." -- E. W. Dijkstra (1982) Received on Thu Feb 10 2000 - 08:48:37 CST