Re: HELP: exp/imp migration from oracle 8i to oracle 9i

John Merkel III wrote:

> thanks for your help...
>
> in addition to steps 1-5 below i have now also copied over my tnsnams.ora
> file and listener.ora file from the 8i DB, editing them and changing the
> host name since my comuputer name changed when i replaced the HD. when i
> try to run imp i get exactly the same error message as i reported below.
> when i try to log on using sql plus i get the following error message:
>
> ORA-12541: TNS:no listener
>
> i may very well not me doing something completely obvious to you, as i'm
> not
> a DBA at all. so don't feel like you might insult me if i'm missing
> something that seems simple to you.
>
> thanks again for all your help,
>

Have the listener been started on your new database?

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regards,
ToreS