Re: Strange problem with sqlpus on Win2K and Oracle 9i

"jacob nikom" <jacob_nikom_at_ieee.org> wrote in message news:6eebd424.0111051521.7ccae6af_at_posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have strange problem with sqlpus on Win2K and Oracle 9i.
> My database is on Solaris and I use Oracle client software
> to connect to the database and run sqlplus.
>
> I used to run sqlplus very well for quite a while, but
> suddently without any changes in my computer it started
> to produce error message:
> "sqlplus.exe generated errors and will be closed by Windows.
> You will need to restart the program.
>
> The error log is being created."
>
> Interestingly, I am still able to run sqlplus on my server
> computer (Solaris 5.7) and it works fine. I reinstalled the
> Oracle client. The Oracle installation went successfully
> (at least according to the message on the installer), but
> the sqlplus still produces the same message.
>
> Do you know what could be the problem?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated,
>
> Regards,
>
> Jacob Nikom

Looks like a problem between Oracle and Win2k and has nothing to do with the database per se. Most likely a memory leak. If an error log is being created, it is being created by Win2k, by the mechanism called drWatson (or anything succeeding drWatson) At that point you need to track down that file (in the past it was called drwatson..log)
From there I am afraid it is going to be a Support issue.

Hth

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