Re: Blind user having problems with Oracle 8i and Windows 2000 Server

Sounds like you may not have started up the Oracle or TNS Listener services.

Oracle is not an easy system for a novice to get up to speed with quickly. I always recommend the OReilly 'Oracle Essentials' book (reference link http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oressentials/ ) to help people quickly understand the architecture and base DBA philosophy. (It's a relatively short and very concise book). This might not be satisfactory in your circumstance unless OReilly has suitable support.

If you are using a formal trial or a supported copy of the software, you might want to contact the local Oracle office. Some of the presales technical people might be able to spend a short time to get you up to speed, or at least point you to the local Oracle Users Group.

/Hans

Adrian Beech wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am an absolute novice when it comes to Oracle. So it would be a fair
> comment to say that I do not know what the heck I'm doing a this stage.
>
> I've installed Oracle8i EE release 3 (8.1.7) on a Windows 2000 Server
> system. The database was up and running after the installation.
> However it will not start when the system is rebooted.
>
> I know Oracle was up and running immediately after the installation as I
> was able to use both SQL Plus and TOAD. I also used ODBC to link an
> Oracle table, which I created using TOAD, in an MS Access database.
>
> I did a typical installation and used all the default settings during
> the installation process.
>
> After rebooting the machine I get the following when trying to log into
> SQL Plus:
>
> ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
>
> Details:
> *** First assume we have a valid install and registry
> Building Oracle HOMES List
> HOME Name OraHome81 added to list.
> Found multiple homes, searching each HOMEx for valid PATH
> searching in SOFTWARE\ORACLE\HOME0
> Oracle_Home found in SOFTWARE\ORACLE\HOME0 IS in system path!
> ***
> Oracle home is set to E:\oracle\ora81
> Bin path is set to E:\oracle\ora81\bin\
> oci.dll found
> Using: E:\ORACLE\ORA81\BIN\oci.dll
>
> I did no post configuration after the installation. Have I missed
> something?
>
> To make things a little more interesting I am a totally blind user! The
> documentation as provided in the download is not that accessible. So
> as you can see I'm having a lot of fun!
>
> I'm in desperate need of some help. So if some kind soul can tell me
> what is going on I would be forever grateful.
>
> Adrian Beech
> a.beech_at_bigpond.net.au
  Received on Mon May 14 2001 - 02:18:46 CDT