hi,
Yes you can. You need to do a set ORACLE_SID=sidname before connecting
to svrmgr30. also you need to use the oradim80.exe to create services
for the second instance.
Pavan wrote:
>
> After I installed ORACLE for the first time on my NT Box. I could open
> it successfully.
> Next I shutdown the default Database and created a New Database with a
> Different SID and I could open the New Database also.
> Now, my New Database say TEST database was running. I also tried to
> open the Default database by specifying at the
>
> SVRMGR> startup pfile=c:\orant\database\initorcl.ora
>
> But Oracle immediately gave me a error stating that, The Existing
> Database should be shutdown first.
>
> My Question is, can I have two databases open at a particular point of
> time.
>
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Received on Wed Jan 12 2000 - 21:26:41 CST
