Re: Brand new database crashes apps

Matt,

I personally haven't seen this one before. If all else failed, I'd export the first database that you have, delete all Oracle stuff from the machine, reinstall the software, and import the first database. Or you can try to restore from a good backup.

HTH,
Brian

Matt Perkins wrote:
>
> I have been successfully running one 8i database on my server, but just
> recently I needed another one so I used Database Configuration Assistant
> to create it. Everything was going fine until 90% of the way through
> creating the database an error came up (ORA-12631: Username Retrieval
> Failed). I hit Ignore and the creation process froze right there. From
> that point on, I was able to start the service for this new database,
> but many things still give the error mentioned above or simply freeze
> the program I am using. I can't even delete the database because Config
> Assistant freezes in the same way as all the other Oracle tools.
>
> I am wondering if anyone has seen this before and if so, why does it
> happen and how I can fix it.
>
> Thanks
 

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