Re: Help Me -- Please!

Robert Tilley <tilleyrw_at_cfl.rr.com> wrote in message news:<K9Ep8.34633$K52.6255959_at_typhoon.tampabay.rr.com>...
> I am on the Oracle DBA path and have a fresh install of Oracle 8.1.7.0 on
> my linux box. If anyone can help clarify some questions, I would be very
> grateful and will send you much karma.
>
> How do I start and use the Oracle application? In other words, how do I
> start a sqlplus session to create and interact with my database using the
> Oracle engine? I come from a Macintosh background, so my first impulses
> when dealing with a new environment are always to hunt through the GUI
> first -- and yes, I do use KDE.

On the command line type
sqlplus internal
and
connect internal
(Michael Tubuo Ngong) Sr DBA Received on Mon Apr 01 2002 - 17:54:23 CEST