Re: Help - dbstart script does not work!

In article <8kksmu$mlk$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com> kal121_at_my-deja.com writes:
>I installed Oracle 8.1.6 v2 for Solaris (32 bit)
>
>The "dbstart" script does not work. When I run it, I get a message that
>says ' "dev1" warm started ', but in fact, the instance is not started
>at all. (The dbshut script is working ok)
>
>Has anyone else had this problem and how did you resolve it? Is it a
>bug?

Sure is, and not the first time it's appeared in dbstart. All our various 7.x versions were broken. 8.0 and 8.1.5 were fixed, briefly. I guess the extra cash spent on QA a production release is better spent buying Larry jet fuel.

The "set -x" tip someone else gave you is worth remembering. The fix is below:

64          #  Oracle bypassing QA again...
65          #VERSION=`$ORACLE_HOME/bin/svrmgrl command=exit | awk '
66          #   /PL\/SQL (Release|Version)/ {substr($3,1,3) ;
67          VERSION=`$ORACLE_HOME/bin/svrmgrl command=exit | awk '
68          /JServer Release/ {substr($3,1,3) ;