Dear dba list,
I have a test 9.0.1 database that was working fine. After being down for while (no time to play with it) I tried to start in and I am getting the following errors.
Metalink does not help.
Machine is Sun 420 OS 5.7,
SQL> conn sys/manager as sysdba
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup pfile=inittest9i.ora
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 235701300 bytes
Fixed Size 279604 bytes
Variable Size 167772160 bytes
Database Buffers 67108864 bytes
Redo Buffers 540672 bytes
Database mounted.
ORA-01092: ORACLE instance terminated. Disconnection forced
and when lookinig in the Oracle alert file.
ORA-12701: CREATE DATABASE character set is not known
Error 12701 happened during db open, shutting down database
USER: terminating instance due to error 12701
Instance terminated by USER, pid = 4066
ORA-1092 signalled during: ALTER DATABASE OPEN...
Thanks
Yuval.
