Re: ORA-01034 error after install

This is interesting. Has Oracle changed the connect message for 8.1.

IIRC it was 'connected to an idle instance' for 7.x and just 'connected' (no idle or otherwise) for 8.0.

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> Zorg jcbarret_at_messagemachines.com hath momely rade gribble:

>

> : Enter user-name: CONNECT / AS SYSOPER

> : Enter password:

> : Connected to an idle instance.

>

> "Connected to an idle instance" tells you that you have not started

 the


> instance up.  Use "startup open" to start the database.

>

> If you later need to shut the database down again, use "shutdown

> transactional" preferentially... if that hangs, try "shutdown

 immediate",


> and if that doesn't work, "shutdown abort" which will require instance

> recovery when you restart.

>

> HTH

> Natalka

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