Re: what is this error in 8i?

Well, I am not that much of an expert, but maybe it would help if you can say if you actually installed and Oracle Client or Personal Oracle with Server/Client on one machine.

In general this error occurs due to a communication setup error. Usually the listener configuration.

This means, that if you installed Personal Oracle, usually the listener (which is required to connect to an oracle server database) is turned off and internal pipes are used instead of standard communication methods.

Well, but it all depends on what you have installed and configured I would say from a first glance...

"bullseye" <bullseye35_at_deletethefunnies@excite.com> wrote in message news:ad2x6.804$4n.581990_at_typhoon.nyc.rr.com...
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> When WIN2k is booting up, I initially get this error:
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> "ORACLE.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will
> need to restart the program.
> An error log has been created."
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> The error below shows up after I launch SQL Plus and enter username and
> password. I am unable to log on.
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> ERROR
> ORA-12560: TNS: protocol adapter error
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> I am on a pentium III machine running Windows 2000 SP1 with 512 meg RAM.
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Received on Sun Apr 01 2001 - 14:38:35 CDT