Re: ORA-27101: Shared Memory Does Not Exist

Your Oracle instance is not up and running. Start the instance and you will be able to connect. For an OCP candidate, starting the instance should be 1) very easy or 2) a good learning experience.

HTH,
Brian

"Keith A. Jakubowski" wrote:
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> I am currently working towards the 2nd certification exam and I am now
> having a problem. I have been using Oracle 8i and I just recently
> upgraded to Oracle 9i. The Oracle 9i installation was successful and my
> database converted over fine. After the installation I was able to use
> SQL*Plus and everything was fine. I was able to log in and was able to
> access all of my tables. However, I rebooted my PC today (first time
> since the installation) and I am now getting the following error when
> trying to log on to SQL*Plus:
>
> ORA-01034: Oracle not available
> ORA-27101: Shared memory does not exist
>
> I can't log in and I can't figure out how to fix this. Does anyone have
> any suggestions?
>
> My PC specs are:
>
> Gateway Laptop
> OS: Windows XP Home
> Processor: P4 2.00 GHz
> Memory: 256 MB RAM
>
> Thanks.
>
> Keith

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