Re: dbca seems to ignore my ORACLE_BASE variable for database location

From: Knut Talman <knut.talman_at_mytoys.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:29:07 +0200
Message-ID: <3CBBFCF3.1BF66FDC@mytoys.de>

> I am new to Oracle. I am trying to use the dbca tool under HPUX to
> create a simple database. I change my ORACLE_BASE environment variable,
> and then start the dbca tool. The tool seems to say the databases
> will be placed in a subdirectory of ORACLE_BASE, but when I
> get to the end of the creation process, it complains there
> is not enough space in root (/).

I just tried it w/ 8.1.7 and 9.0.1 (even if I wouldn't use 9i due to security holes ;-)) on Linux and Solaris and it worked as expected ($ORACLE_BASE/oradata/...). How did you set ORACLE_BASE?

Regards,

Knut Received on Tue Apr 16 2002 - 05:29:07 CDT