Re: How do I start Oracle 8i???

then why not call it a protocol ?

One place SID is called SID, another suddenly its "String" .. adapter -> protocol... common..

"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> skrev i en meddelelse news:8veotd$47j30$3_at_ID-62141.news.dfncis.de...
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> <adolph_mendicant_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:8venug$68d$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > In article <3A1ACBD0.B34BB91D_at_bridgewatersystems.com>,
> > Tony Walby <tony.walby_at_bridgewatersystems.com> wrote:
> > > Hire a DBA...
> >
> > Heehee. Seriously, I can start up SQLServer with no problem by walking
> > through the wizards. Is Oracle so arcane it can't be started by an
> > experienced programmer?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> All it requires is a little reading of the Getting Started Manual before
> you ramble away.
> Also if you are trying to install Oracle 8i *Server* as opposed to
 Personal
> Oracle 8i, rest assured it is not going to work at all, because the Server
> is for NT only.
>
> A protocol adapter is nothing more than the Oracle equivalent for a
 network
> protocol. If you are trying to configure SPX and you don't have Netware
> installed, it is obvious it doesn't work. This may not be true in your
 case,
> but you provide very little clues as to what is really going on.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
>
>
Received on Wed Nov 22 2000 - 08:49:26 CST