Re: How to remove Oracle DB service under win 2000

It happens, unfortunately.

What you are supposed to do is to use the oradim tool to remove the service. The syntax is easy enough to check by doing oradim /? at the command prompt, but in any case it goes like this:

oradim -DELETE -SID xxx

OR

oradim -DELETE -SERVICE xxxx

Because you've re-installed Oracle Enterprise Edition, you should be able to use oradim to do this. But, as a tip, it is sensible to use oradim *first* in future, because removing Oracle's executables also takes oradim along for the ride, and you're therefore left with the service for ever more. The other way of doing this is to use the Database Configuration Assistant to *delete* a database -again, before doing the uninstall of the Oracle executables, obviously.

Fortunately, there are other ways of achieving the same thing. The Microsoft Resource Kit contains a service remover. You can also download freebie service removers (for example, Service Manager at http://www.l5sg.com/). And if all else fails, you can manually clean out your registry where the services are listed under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Services.

Regards
HJR "Harry" <a_at_abc.com> wrote in message
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> Using win 2000 (sp3)
>
> Had Oracle 8i installed & need to install the enterprise edition so I
> stopped the oracle services & uninstalled the whole lot using oracle
> installer. However when installing the ent edition I could use the
> same db instance name as used in the standard edition as appaerntly is
> still exists
>
> Windows services still shows this service "OracleServiceDEV" but the
> whole lot was supposed to be removed - how can I remove this so I can
> use the same db instance name?
>
> thanks
>
> harry
Received on Sun Nov 03 2002 - 13:25:54 CST