Re: ORA-01034, and ORA-07320 PLEASE gimme a bullet

From: Joseph Y. Suh <josephs_at_clientlink.com>
Date: 1996/05/10
Message-ID: <3193A246.7D72_at_clientlink.com>#1/1


Rich Headrick wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I get this when trying to start sqlplus:
>
> ***********************************************************************
> $ sqlplus system/manager
>
> SQL*Plus: Release 3.2.2.0.0 - Production on Thu May 9 10:11:25 1996
>
> Copyright (c) Oracle Corporation 1979, 1994. All rights reserved.
>
> ERROR: ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> ORA-07320: smsget: shmat error when trying to attach sga.
> SVR4 Error: 22: Invalid argument
>
> Enter user-name:
>
> ************************************************************************
> All feedback sincerely appreciated
>
> Rich Headrick

Before you run SQL*Plus, the Oracle instance must be up and running. The database is not running.
If you are running Unix, log on as Oracle, start sqldba lmode=y, startup the instance. Make sure you are pointing the right SID. Check it with oraenv or export ORACLE_SID=xxx.

Joseph Suh
Oracle DBA
CCP, Oracle Master in DBA & Application
ClientLink Corp.
Alpharetta, Georgia
josephs_at_clientlink.com.usa Received on Fri May 10 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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