Re: How to create database?

Raymond Li wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have created a ora file initabc.ora. And I am trying to create
> database.
>
> After connecting using internal, I tried the following commands to
> create the database but both of them failed. I am using Windows NT 4 and
> Oracle Workgroup server 7.3.
>
> Raymond Li Cheuk Fai
>
> SQLWKS> create database pir
> 2> maxdatafiles 200
> 3> datafile 'f:\pianodb\piano.dbf' size 40M;
> create database pir
> *
> ORA-01501: CREATE DATABASE failed
> ORA-01100: database already mounted

You have to start your database with nomount option.

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