Re: Newbie needs help

From: Alistair Thomson <alistair_at_despammed.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:07:48 -0000
Message-ID: <b2qc9h$81r$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>

You're just about there. Connected to an idle instance means that it's closed / shut. Type startup and Oracle will open and then you can create a user etc...

Alistair

"Michael Gruetzner" <spam.Michael_Gruetzner_at_gmx.de> wrote in message news:3E5096E4.3090209_at_gmx.de...
> Hello everyone,
>
> after I installed Oracle 9i I start "sqlplus /nolog". Then I execute
> "connect / as sysdba" and it tells me "Connected to an idle instance".
> Now I try to create a user with "create <user> identified by <password>
> and it tells me:
>
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
>
> What does this mean and what am I doing wrong??
>
> Thanks in advance.....Michael
>
Received on Mon Feb 17 2003 - 04:07:48 CST