Re: The ususal Error 12560

"Marc Paczian" <marc.paczian_at_divine.de> wrote in message news:a081d3a5.0111080333.50590608_at_posting.google.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I am quite frustrated with a problem on my system. Here is my config:
>
> - W2K Advanced Server
> - Oracle 8.1.6i Version 2
> - Vignette 5.6.2
>
> What I want to do is simply create a new database. I don't use the
> default creation with the database configuration assistant, because I
> want to use UTF8. That is the only thing I changed. Whenever I start
> the creation process, the assistant creates the service with the
> correct SID, after that I get the 12560 error message.
>
> Any help is appreciated!!
>
> Regards,
>
> Marc

in a dos box
set ORACLE_SID=<yoursid>
svrmgrl
connect / as sysdba
startup nomount
create database ....

IIRC dbassist _does_ allow you to change the characterset.

Hth

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

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