Message-Id: <10739.126528@fatcity.com> From: "Sanjay Kumar" Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:35:31 -0800 Subject: Re: Failure while trying to start the database : Please Help This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01C07C7B.01C34550 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks to all those who replied. I found the problem and I would be happy and thankful if someone could = give me an explanation. In addition to renaming file, I commented out the "mts_dispatchers" = parameter. This was the reason why it gave that error.=20 I am sorry to have U troubled. Could someone give me an explanation as to why does it throw this error = message. Should it not establish a dedicated server connection. I am using NT with 816. Sanjay ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Kevin Kostyszyn=20 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L=20 Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 8:21 AM Subject: RE: Failure while trying to start the database : Please Help If this is 8i and on NT, there is a directory under Oracle home called = database, there is an init file in there that points to the init.ora = file in the pfile folder. If you don't change the name there it won't = start. Kev -----Original Message----- From: root@fatcity.com [mailto:root@fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Mark = Leith Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 9:27 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Failure while trying to start the database : Please = Help Have you tried to start up using the pfile option? SQL>startup pfile=3DPATH/init.ora=20 Are there any errors in the alert log, or any errors accompanying = this error? There should be more information in the error stack..=20 HTH Mark -----Original Message----- From: root@fatcity.com [mailto:root@fatcity.com]On Behalf Of = Sanjay Kumar Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 07:26 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Failure while trying to start the database : Please Help Hi, I created a database using DB CreateAssistant. Then I went to the = pfile where the init.ora is placed. I renamed the filename and after = sometime renamed it back to original. But it seems like it is not = taking/reading that file. I get ORA-01078 failure in processing system=20 parameters Kindly help. Sanjay ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01C07C7B.01C34550 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Thanks to all those who = replied.

I found the problem and I would be = happy and=20 thankful if someone could give me an explanation.

In addition to renaming file, I = commented out the=20 "mts_dispatchers" parameter. This was the reason why it gave that error. =

I am sorry to have U = troubled.

Could someone give me an explanation as = to why does=20 it throw this error message. Should it not establish a dedicated server=20 connection.

I am using NT with 816.

Sanjay

----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Kevin = Kostyszyn=20
To: Multiple recipients of list = ORACLE-L=20

Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 = 8:21=20 AM

Subject: RE: Failure while = trying to=20 start the database : Please Help

If=20 this is 8i and on NT, there is a directory under Oracle home called = database,=20 there is an init file in there that points to the init.ora file in the = pfile=20 folder. If you don't change the name there it won't=20 start.

Kev

-----Original Message-----
From: root@fatcity.com=20 [mailto:root@fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Mark = Leith
Sent:=20 Friday, January 12, 2001 9:27 AM
To: Multiple recipients = of list=20 ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: Failure while trying to start the = database :=20 Please Help

Have you tried to start up using the = pfile=20 option?

SQL>startup pfile=3DPATH/init.ora=20

Are there any errors in the alert log, or = any=20 errors accompanying this error? There should be more information in = the=20 error stack..

HTH

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: = root@fatcity.com=20 [mailto:root@fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Sanjay = Kumar
Sent:=20 Thursday, January 11, 2001 07:26
To: Multiple recipients = of list=20 ORACLE-L
Subject: Failure while trying to start the = database :=20 Please Help

Hi,

I created a database using DB=20 CreateAssistant. Then I went to the pfile where the init.ora is = placed. I=20 renamed the filename and after sometime renamed it back to = original. But=20 it seems like it is not taking/reading that file.

I get ORA-01078 failure = in processing=20 system

parameters

Kindly help.