Mercadante, Thomas F scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: > If things are not running, you can do the obvious - run lsnrctl to > get the listener running. If you do not see and database services > running, you need to determine what services have been created. You > can go to the NT Services panel and start them. I hope you don't > need to create a new database - I'm assuming that it is alredy > installed.
oh it's installed. now if it's installed correctly is another matter altogether.;-) what? ask someone who knows Oracle for help? nah, we'll just get him to come in on his own time and fix our mess.;-) -- Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA BAARF Party member #25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. - Albert Einstein -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Thater, William INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).