Re: Newbie needs help

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 08:35:27 -0800
Message-ID: <3E510F4E.497FD54@exesolutions.com>

Michael Gruetzner wrote:

> Alistair Thomson wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > 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
> >
>
> Ok, I typed startup, but now I get the following errors:
> ORA-0178: failure in processing system parameters
> LRM-00123: invalid character 2 found in the input file
>
> What input file does it mean??
>
> Thanks Michael

It likely means there is something wrong with the init.ora or the resulting spfile.

Did you create the initSID.ora and/or the spfile or are they the default from the installation?

Daniel Morgan Received on Mon Feb 17 2003 - 10:35:27 CST