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> installation started. My latest attempt has brought me in a situation
where
> I'm told that there is a mismatch between my DB_BLOCK_SIZE (2048) and the
> controlfile blocksize (8192). (ORA-00218 error).
How did this happen? Usually the DB block size is set with the init.ora at DB create time -- did you edit this file & change it later? If so change it back. If that doesn't work you may be hosed -- you *can* create a new CF but it's not easy to do. Received on Mon Dec 03 2001 - 14:54:31 CST