Re: Oracle NT ... database via Instance Manager

Yes, in Oracle 8 on NT the tool is Database Assistant and it's much superior to instance manager. OraDim80.exe is still around but from what you've said I guess it's not supported for creating databases.

David wrote:

> Umm a little confusion here.
>
> In Oracle7 the GUI version of oradim73 (NT instance manager) is fully
> supported for creating databases. These database are bare, i.e all they
> contain is a system tablespace, you will have to create your own tablespaces
> and rollback segments. I would recommend doing this via the buildall.sql
> script.
>
> In Oracle8 the GUI version of the oradim80 (NT instance manager) is NOT
> supported (as described in the getting started guide). I would recommend the
> Database Assistant, which is a Java tool that also create you tablespaces.
>
> Regards
> David Russell
>
> jhy wrote in message <35D7038E.A2964669_at_earthling.net>...
> >What version of Oracle are you using? In 8.0.4 the instance manager is
> >better. In 7.2, I thought it was a POS. If you used it to set your
> parameter
> >files then a) it didn't give you access to all the parameters and b)
> instance
> >manager would overwrite your parameter file each time erasing any changes
> you
> >put in manually. I never used it in 7.X. I used Oradim7x.exe to create
> the
> >instance then used my own scripts to create the database. In 8.0.4 IM
> looks
> >better, but I've only used it once.
> >
> >
> >Robert Nicholson wrote:
> >
> >> Is there any point in creating a database via the Instance Manager?
> >>
> >> From what I can see you don't get a complete database. ie. no
> user,rollback
> >> or temp space correct?
> >>
> >> So the proper way to create a database is via CREATE DATABASE?
> >
> >
> >
Received on Tue Aug 18 1998 - 19:59:43 CDT