Re: ORA-12560:TNS:protocol adapter error

On 14 Nov 2003 06:50:07 -0800, imelyi2_at_yahoo.com (Emily) wrote:

>Hello fellows/oracle experts:
>
>I'm a sort newbie or born again in this field. I am describing here
>what Idid:
>I downloaded disk1, disk2, disk3 from the Oracle.com site; I installed
>oracle 9i with few products, but i didn't find or could not download
>anythingfrom disk2 and disk3 downloads files.
>
>ALthough it appears that I've now oracle application development with
>sql plus, but i couldn't access any of the sample data in the oracle, i
>triedwith sys / change-on-install it gives me an error:
>sql: host echo %Oracle_home%; on Windows; ORA-12560:TNS:protocol
>adapter error;
>
>Could u help me to solving this problem
>
>With Best Regards,
>
>Ely
>
>PS:
>disk2 and disk3 however gives me bunch of
>files but none of them seems like executable files or installable files.
>Yes, my operating system is Windows XP.
>
>I don't have code which works now for <metalink>, i wonder if you folks
>could help me in that regards too.
>
>Regards,
>
>Emily Cantwell

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