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Re: fix for dbstart Oracle 8.1.6 Solais

From: DNP <High.Flight_at_btinternet.com>
Date: 2000/04/01
Message-ID: <38E6673E.3A95@btinternet.com>#1/1

Thanks for the info - just one question - have you found the same problem with the dbstart script for 8.1.5 or has anyone else? If so what was the relevant platform?

David P.

Oracle Certified DBA.


jk2112_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> After I installed 8.1.6 on Solaris I found that the dbstart command does
> not actually start the database due to an error in the script.
>
> All I get from a dbstart is:
>
> Database "delta" warm started.
>
> But no database or the usual messages about sga size etc.
>
> I found that the $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbstart script was the problem. It was
> unable to determine the database version and so does nothing.
>
> I made the following modification to dbstart:
>
> remove:
> VERSION=`$ORACLE_HOME/bin/svrmgrl command=exit | awk '
> /PL\/SQL (Release|Version)/ {substr($3,1,3) ;
> print substr($3,1,3)}'`
>
> replace with:
> VERSION=`$ORACLE_HOME/bin/svrmgrl command=exit | awk
> '/Oracle8i/ {print substr($5,1,3)}'`
>
> Hope this helps someone...
>
> Jeff Kadonoff
>
> jeffk_at_NOSPAMMOeuropa.bc.ca (remove the NOSPAMMO to mail)
>
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  Received on Sat Apr 01 2000 - 00:00:00 CST

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