Re: new to oracle

ron wrote:

> Hi I am a student studying SQL and Oracle so I downloaded oracle version
> 8.1.7 and installed it on my computer. Now here is the problem. I can't get
> into it. I gave the database the name orac, the sid is orac, and the system
> account password is manager. However on the password screen no matter what I
> use, I always get invalid username/password; logon denied. So what is the
> default password and user name?
> Thanks Ron

Follow DJ's advice and anytime you post here with a problem provide the full error message text and number (not just your interpretation of it). And what you tried to do specifically that caused the problem. Perhaps you used the wrong user id and password, perhaps you don't have the Oracle services running, perhaps you didn't set up the correct environment variables, perhaps you don't have a valid tnsnames.ora?

We can't tell without far more information in your posts.

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