Re: Oracle 10g2 on RHEL 5 - sqlplus problem

On May 27, 11:57 pm, "fitzjarr..._at_cox.net" <orat..._at_msn.com> wrote:
> On May 27, 8:14 am, nuffno..._at_gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi.
>
> > I have jsut installed Oracle 10g2 on RHEL 5.  I create my listener
> > file.  Set my environment variables (sid, ld library path, etc) and
> > then, as the oracle user, I try to run sqlplus '/ as sysdba'.   It
> > does nothing.   Doesn't report an error,  just returns me back to my
> > prompt.
>
> > I have absolutely no idea where to start to troubleshoot this.   I've
> > been running this with RHEL3 for a couple of years now with no
> > problems.  I need to upgrade because the new hardware I am getting
> > doesn't support RHEL3, but if I can't get sqlplus running, it is a
> > showstopper.
>
> > Please help!
>
> > Thanks!!
>
> > nuffi
>
> You might try running sqlplus /nolog instead, to see if you even see a
> SQL> prompt or any banner information.

Thanks for the response, David.

It doesn't seem to matter what switches I use, I get no response from sqlplus. No SQL> prompt, no error, nothing. If I run it as root, I get the expected "command not found" error. Received on Tue May 27 2008 - 09:07:27 CDT