Re: help - can't start SQL PLUS

Karsten Farrell wrote:

> bob barker wrote:
> > Hi - it took me three excruciating days JUST to install Oracle 9i on my
> > Linux machine. Now the problem is...I can not start SQL PLUS as oracle
> > user. Here is my environmental settings...would appreciate it if someone
> > could help. -don't give me any links to any docs...because I probably
> > went there already...thanks!
> >
> > ORACLE_BASE=/home/oracle/oraInventory; export ORACLE_BASE
> > ORACLE_HOME=/usr/oracle/9.0; export ORACLE_HOME
> > ORACLE_SID=shitbox; export ORACLE_SID
> >
> > PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$HOME/bin
> > export PATH
> > unset USERNAME
> >
> Don't know if this is the problem.
>
> I would expect ORACLE_BASE=/usr/oracle.
>
> I've always made ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/9.0...
>
> But maybe that's just the way I've always set it up. Might not be a
> requirement after all.

There is not predicatbility as to where ORACLE_BASE or ORACLE_HOME are located. The number of databases that are OFA compliant is remarkably small.

Daniel Morgan Received on Tue Nov 26 2002 - 01:12:43 CET