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Ronald,
Can you describe more about the problem you are having? After you reboot
your machine, if you type
net start
at command prompt. Do you see services
OracleService{SID}
OracleTNSListener{SID}
listed?
Ken
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In article <6p2gdj$3al$1_at_imsp009a.netvigator.com>,
"Ronald Wong" <spacew_at_hkstar.com> wrote:
> Dear Tim Taylor,
>
> I have similar problem too but more serious .... I found that the problem
> was due to the error when starting the instance. When I reboot the NT
> server, all instances are started. However, after a while, I checked the
> SERVICES and found that all of the OracleServiceSID were stopped .. (no
> STARTED message was shown).
>
> Do you know what happens? I have tried to start the service manually but
> still failed. Whenever I connect to the database, the application returns
> error message "ORA-12203: TNS:unable to connect to destination".
>
> BTW, I am using NT Oracle Server 8.0.3.0.0 ...
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Ronald
>
> Tim Taylor ¼¶¼g©ó¤å³¹ <35B4B111.E3EB01DE_at_us.oracle.com>...
> >Gene,
> >
> >Server Manager is attempting to connect to a 'default' database, probably
> >the one identified by ORACLE_SID or LOCAL in your NT registry.
> >
> >Tim Taylor
> >
> >Gene Hubert wrote:
> >
> >> I'm running Oracle 8.0.3.2.2 on NT 4.0.
> >>
> >> Why do I get "ORA-12203: TNS:unable to connect to destination" when I
> >> run Server Manager. I've been ignoring it and just typing a connect
> >> command manually and all seems to work ok.
> >>
> >> Can this cause the heebie jeebies if I don't fix it?
> >>
> >> Gene Hubert
> >> Qualex Inc.
> >> Durham, NC
> >
> >
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