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Re: help with oracle error

From: Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:07:33 GMT
Message-ID: <3DE282FC.963D2EAE@exesolutions.com>


brian wrote:

> Please help me with this oracle problem that i am having.
> i have included relevant info that may help solve this issue
>
> windows NT4.0 Oracle 8i
> chose the Typical install in 8i during installation hence
> i guess a starter db is created by the installation
>
> I cannot connect to the sqlplus (on the same server box, tried both
> via the GUI [under ApplicationDevoplement>>sqlplus and also via the
> command line sqlplus]
>
> following steps were taken:
> via srvmgrl connected as internal and did a startup and then
> proceeded with sqlplus connection (tried both gui and command_line)
>
> following is the error:
> ORA-01033: Oracle initialization in progress.
>
> waited for 20 minutes and tried again. same error. did a shutdown
> and then startup then tried, same error
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Other messages that may help are below:
>
> All services are started fine. init.<sid> file exists fine and points
> correctly to the init.ora file.
>
> (a) shutdown, shutdown normal show this
> Error ORA-01507: database not mounted
>
> (b) for sqlplus/nolog brings into sql> and i am not
> challenged for username/password
>
> tried with just sqlplus and it challenges for
> Enter user-name: i entered sys / as sysdba
> asks for password: i entered change_on_install
>
> and again i get the same error ORA-01033: Oracle
> initialization in progress.

I've seen this once and the solution was to drop and recreate the Oracle services with oradim.exe.

You can find the executable in $ORACLE_HOME\bin.

Daniel Morgan Received on Mon Nov 25 2002 - 14:07:33 CST

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