Re: Made stupid mistake, how can I recover?

Frank van Bortel <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote:

>I'm going to reply on my own posting, as I probably
>had some wires seriously crossed.
>Not being able to logon to Oracle is probably what
>the OP meant - not being locked out from XP.

Exactly!

>If so - usual help handles involve: error messages
>and version(s) of the Oracle software

Didn't even obey my own .sig!

Error is ORA-12560 TNS: protocol adapter error

(When I try to log in as SYSTEM, SYS, or SCOTT!

I think that I buggered something when I tried to create an Oracle Server Manager???

Paul....

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plinehan __at__ yahoo __dot__ __com__

XP Pro, SP 2, 

Oracle, 9.2.0.1.0 (Enterprise Ed.)
Interbase 6.0.2.0;

When asking database related questions, please give other posters 
some clues, like operating system, version of db being used and DDL.
The exact text and/or number of error messages is useful (!= "it didn't work!").
Thanks.
 
Furthermore, As a courtesy to those who spend 
time analyzing and attempting to help, please 
do not top post.