RE: Error starting sqlplus

Thanks for all the replies...the issue was that I needed to apply patch 4516865  

John  

From: Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR)
[mailto:Thomas.Mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us] Sent: 14 May 2007 15:43
To: John Dunn; oracle-l
Subject: RE: Error starting sqlplus

John,

When you type "env" on the $ prompt, do you see the Oracle environmental's defined?

Secondly, try "cd'ing" to the $ORACLE_HOME/bin directory and running Sqlplus right from there and see what you get.

This either an environmental problem, or you do not have permission to read the Oracle directories.

Tom

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of John Dunn Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 9:13 AM
To: oracle-l
Subject: Error starting sqlplus

Have just installed Oracle 10.2 on AIX 5. When I run sqlplus as oracle it runs OK. When I run it as another user I get the message below

I thought the environment variables were not set, but .profiles are identical in terms of Oracle values

Any ideas?

Error 6 initializing SQL*Plus

Message file sp1<lang>.msb not found

SP2-0750: You may need to set ORACLE_HOME to your Oracle software directory

John

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