cjundieseastwd_at_powerup.com.au (obakesan) wrote in message news:<Mqy38.6224$T4.60897_at_nnrp.gol.com>...
> HiYa
>
> just playin with an instance, where I have 4 databases, pbdb DEV UA and PROD
> in the dbora file only one has Y on it, but yet after loading (when I watch the
> output from a warm start) I notice that I can still get to all of these
> databases from SQLPlus by just resetting my SID in Unix, or from win2000 I can
> get at all databases without starting them.
>
> is this normal?
>
> reading the Oracle 8i it seems to indicate that only the one started should be
> available, and the others not.
>
> Since I am trying to learn about this stuff, am I doning something right by
> accident, or is this normal behaviour?
>
>
>
> See Ya
Are you running OPS ?
As far as I know you need to start a database and the listener to be
able to get into it using sqlplus
Received on Wed Jan 23 2002 - 13:09:09 CST
