Re: problem shutting down database

Check oradim73.log and alrtorcl.log (in c:\orant\database)

Apart from the typo the command is correct and should work.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

"Bob" <meyer_b_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8k2h7r$9e6$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> I'm trying to shut down an Oracle 7.3 (I know, but the owner isn't
> willing to pay to upgrade) database, under NT 4.0, using ORADIM. I'm
> entering:
>
> oardim73 -shutdown -sid ORCL -usrpwd oracle -shuttype svr,inst -shutmode
> i
>
> from the NT command line. I get no error messages, but nothing seems to
> happen. If I follow this with a plain oradim (no parms), it shows the
> database status as "Started."
>
> Any ideas as to what the problem might be, or what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Bob
>
>
>
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Received on Thu Jul 06 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT