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From: Mohamed Buhari <mbuhari@assigncorp.com>
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Subject: Re: oracle startup error
Date: 02 Feb 2000 12:34:06 EST
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Very simple, your "ORACLE_HOME " environment is not set or its not
correct or not exported at shell level. So ensure these are corrected in
your .profile (sh,ksh)

ORACLE_HOME=/......................../7.3.4
export ORACLE_HOME

Mohamed

Manjula Gopalakrishnan wrote:

>   Hi,
>
>     While trying to start up the oracle database we are getting the
>   following error message.
>
>   SVRMGR> startup
>   ORA-05901: Message 5901 not found;  product=RDBMS; facility=ORA
>   Additional information: 4
>
>   The oracle is installed on HPUX 10.2m/c.
>   Oracle version is 7.3.4.
>
>   We could'nt get the error message for error no 5901.
>   Does this "Additional information" has any significance and if yes
>   how to utilise the same ?
>
>
>   thanks,
>   Manjula.