Re: ORA-01034: ORACLE not available

From: Andy <as.no.spam.stedat_at_gmx.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 09:06:20 GMT
Message-ID: <3bfcbeac.515524725_at_by-news.bayer-ag.com>


On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 23:05:48 +0100, "JL" <jln.h.21_at_wol.es> wrote:

> I have installed Oracle 8.16 on WindowsME and I have to included a line
>into the win.ini (like compatibility95...) to installed it. I try to connect
>SQL*Plus with login: INTERNAL and password ORACLE. I connect and receive
>"Connected to an inactive instance". When I write an SQL order, for example:
> drop table editorial cascade constraints;
> or
> create table editorial (
> editorial varchar2(5) not null,
> name varchar2(20) not null,
> address varchar2(20) not null,
> constraint pk_editorial primary key (editorial)
> );
> I receive the following message:
> ERROR in line1
> ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> I try to connect with oder names like scott (password:tiger) but i can't
>connect. Please help me, i don't know what the problem is
>
>
>
You didnīt either create a database (software install is not enough!) or used the wrong SID or you didnīt start the instance.

Regards
Andy Received on Thu Nov 22 2001 - 10:06:20 CET

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