Re: Personal Oracle 8i & password - NOT SAME OLD QUESTION

Okay, I must plead ignorance. How do I check the environment variables?

TIA,
Brad

"Daniel A. Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:3B3E83EF.6580622_at_exesolutions.com...
> Brad26 wrote:
>
> > I am running Personal Oracle 8i and SQL*Plus release 8.1.6.0.0.
> > After successfully completing installation, starting the database and
 the
> > listener, I attempted to log onto SQL. No luck. None of the original
> > system passwords worked (I am running PO8i on a standalone Windows PC,
 so
> > I left the host string field empty). I tried all of these:
> > User Name User Password
> > SCOTT TIGER
> > SYSTEM MANAGER
> > SYS CHANGE_ON_INSTALL
> > DEMO DEMO
> > PO8 PO8
> >
> > And none of them worked. I would get 3 attempts, and then SQL would
 close.
> > The error message each time is:
> >
> > ERROR:
> > ORA-01030 ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress.
> >
> > SQL*Plus release 8.1.6.0.0
> >
> > Any ideas?
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Brad26
> >
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>
> Looks to me like you have a configuration issue.
>
> And according to metalink ORA-01030 does not correspond to the error
 message
> you provided.
>
> Please verify the ORA message and number and look at the environment
 variables
> ORACLE_SID and ORACLE_HOME to see if they are pointing correctly.
>
> Daniel A. Morgan
>
Received on Sat Jun 30 2001 - 21:12:17 CDT