Re: Not able to give a same SID as the earlier

There are a couple of notes on the FAQ listed below describing how to Delete an Oracle Database completely from a Windows environment.

Generally you have to mess about in the registry to complete the job.

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Bharath wrote in message ...


>Hi,

>   I'd installed Oracle 8.1.7 database on W2K and had given a sid.It

>was working fine.

>But later i encountered some problems and had to uninstall it.

>While installing it again,I was prompted for a sid.I'd tried to give

>the same sid which i'd given earlier but i'm getting a message saying

>that the sid already exists and have to give a different one.

>Though I unistalled everything earlier why is the sid not removed?

>anyway I want to use the same sid.

>

>Once i had the same problem and I removed all the info regarding the

>sid name  from the registry.

>I had problems with it then had to re-install the O/S.

>

>Please help me out with this.

>

>

>Thanks

>Bharath