Thanks to those that responded. This is working now. Someone else here made a mistake and reverted the DB to an old init.ora that was causing this problem. I put in the correct init.ora and everything is working just fine.
Best, Ed > Used the backup controlfile to trace method to create a copy > of a database on the same server. Copied prod to test. Test > already existed, but was overwritten by new copy. > > We are now getting an ORA-01102, cannot mount in EXCLUSIVE > mode when trying to open the test database. This is on NT 4.0, > Oracle 8.16. > > Ideas? > > Thanks. > > Ed -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ed INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
