Re: Oracle databases not starting

Phil;

I came across the exact same error, and the exact same sequence of events. Have you fixed/found your problem?

Hector

"Phil McAvity" <Phil_at_at8ball.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:3AEFB7D3.2F560E57_at_at8ball.demon.co.uk...
> All,
>
> I had a complete working Oracle installation but noticed a problem when
> trying to run toad or sqlplus. When I checked the services it showed my
> database service as in the 'starting' state. I left it for a long time
> but the state didn't change.
>
> I have deinstalled and reinstalled Oracle and even sadly removed the my
> two databases in an effort to get things working.
>
> Having reinstalled Oracle, I get the following when trying to use
> sqlplus
>
> D:\>sqlplus
>
> SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.6.0.0 - Production on Wed May 2 08:08:35 2001
>
> (c) Copyright 1999 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> Enter user-name: system
> Enter password: password
> ERROR:
> ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
>
>
> Enter user-name:
>
> I have no idea what a TNS: protocol adapter error is.
>
> Can someone please help. It am keen to be able to resolve these type of
> problems on my own - could someone recommend a book or series of books?
>
Received on Wed May 02 2001 - 13:40:20 CDT