Re: How do I set ORACLE_SID in windows NT environment

<oracleguru_at_lycos.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> At my customer's windows 2003 server I installed 10g, 10.1.0.2 database
> with starter database orcl.
>
> I am basically a UNIX person.
>
> I have familiarized with most of the windows environment.
>
> I want to create a new database named xyz.
>
> I stopped the 2 oracle services for orcl from the windows services.
>
> On UNIX when you create a new database instance you issue
>
> set ORACLE_SID=xyx;export xyz
> set ORACLE_HOME=.....; export ORACLE_HOME

Which shell is that?

> then log into sql
>
> sqlplus / as sysdba
>
> startup nomount pfile=.....
>
> etc.
>
> My question is how do I set ORACLE_SID to xyz in the windows

set ORACLE_SID=xyz
(There's no export in windows)

> environment ? The ORACLE_HOME is already properly set to point to the
> 10g DB Home.
>
>
> Would appreciate an answer.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Suresh
>
Received on Fri Dec 10 2004 - 18:22:38 CST