Re: oracle install problems

Donne You wrote:
>
> did you set the ORACLE_HOME environment variable?
>
> In article <623dut$op2_at_gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> sweth_at_gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Sweth Chandramouli) writes:
> > i posted a while ago about an inherited db that i didn't have the
> >passwords for; none of the solutions that i was given seemed to work, and
> >the db wasn't a production one, so i decided to just wipe the entire
> >machine (a sparc ultra/2) and start over from scratch. i reinstalled
> >solaris 2.5.1, and then ran the standard oracle install. everything
> >seemed to work right, but when i try to access the db from the command
> >line, i get all sorts of errors:
> >
> >$ /opt/oracle7/bin/sqlplus
> >Message file sp1<lang>.msb not found.
> >Error initializing SQL*Plus
> >$ /opt/oracle7/bin/svrmgrl
> >
> >Oracle Server Manager Release 2.3.2.0.0 - Production
> >
> >Message 4505 not found; No message file for product=SVRMGR, facility=MGR
> >
> >Error while trying to retrieve text for error ORA-12545
> >SVRMGR> connect internal
> >Message 701 not found; No message file for product=SVRMGR, facility=MGR
> >Message 701 not found; No message file for product=SVRMGR, facility=MGR
> >Error while trying to retrieve text for error ORA-12545
> >SVRMGR>
> >
> >
> > does anyone have any idea what these errors mean, and what i can
> >do to fix them? i don't want to try yet another resintall, and oracle
> >support has had me on hold for the last hour or so.
> >
> > tia,
> > sweth.
> >--
> >.

Hi,

is the directory where your oracle executibles (something like oraxxxx/bin ) reside included in your path-variable?

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M.Gresz    :-)