Re: PO 8 i INSTALL PROBLEM

Thanks for help, but id did not work. As soon as I type svrmgrl, program try to start database, fail and I get that message. Any other suggestions ? Is the Personal Oracle 8i (which can be download) complete/workable ? GT Aleksander

Geordie Henderson wrote in message
<393CC799.F1E441C7_at_removethis.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca>...
>I've been down that road and it's pretty frustrating so let me see if I can
>help. ORA-1034 usually means that your database *instance* is not started.
 The
>database instance is the set of processes that need to be running in order
 to
>use databases.
>
>What you need to do is connect to the the server manager and start the
>instance. You can only do this, however, when you connect to the instance
>manager as sysdba or maybe sysoper. Most official Oracle documentation
 that
>I've read neglects to mention this last fact about how you have to connect
 AS
>SYSDBA but it's vital! On Solaris this is done using the database user
 account
>and typing the following commands:
>
>>svrmgrl
>
>// this gets you to the SVRMGRL> prompt
>// now type
>
>SVRMGRL> connect as SYSDBA
>
>// enter the username and password for which you are prompted (use the SYS
 user)
>
>SVRMGRL> startup OPEN insert-your-SID-here
>
>This starts the instance. Once the instance is up you should be able to
 use all
>of the database tools. I don't know how this parallel operation is
 accomplished
>in Windows but I imagine there is a similar set of commands available from
 the
>DOS prompt in \orant\bin or perhaps some distracting GUI that abstracts
 what's
>really going on away from the user.
>
>Geordie
>
>
>Aleksander wrote:
>>
>> Please help,
>> I downloaded a PO 8 i and installed on my pc with win 98, 128mb ram.
>> Installation goes fine, but when I start a database, I get a message :
>> ORA - 01034 ORACLE NOT AVAILABLE
>>
>> What ever I do, I can't start ORACLE!
>> What must I do ?
>> Aleksander
Received on Wed Jun 07 2000 - 00:00:00 CEST