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If you are reinstalling the software it will be back again. You don't have
to create the database at install time.
If you just want rid of the service then there are a number of utilities that remove windows services and any of those will work, and you can delete all oracle related stuff from HKLM\software.
-- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission UK "Guy Dillen" <guy_dillen_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3f17cde3$0$295$ba620e4c_at_reader1.news.skynet.be...Received on Fri Jul 18 2003 - 06:21:21 CDT
> Thanks.
> But, i think, after un-installing the software oradim isn't there anymore.
> What can i do in this case?
>
> Thx
> Guy
>
> "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message
> news:3f17a990$0$15033$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...
> > at a command line run oradim -delete -sid <yoursid>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Niall Litchfield
> > Oracle DBA
> > Audit Commission UK
> > "Guy Dillen" <guy_dillen_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:3f17a5ab$0$276$ba620e4c_at_reader0.news.skynet.be...
> > > i un-installed Oracle9i db and want to re-install it.
> > > when the installation asks for a SID i enter the same SID as in my old
> > > installation. However the systems says SID already exists.
> > > How can i remove the SID of the previous installation?
> > > Do i also have to remove soething in the registry? Oh yes, i work on a
> > Win2k
> > > workstation.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Guy
> > >
> > >
> >
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