Re: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error after 8i installation and new db creation

Jane Wang via OracleMonster.com wrote:

> I installed Oracle 8i on Windows 2000, but the installation was stuck when configuring Net8, Database Configuration Assistant and Oracle HTTP Service (the 3 optional tools). I checked that the following 6 Oracle services were installed under Windows Services:
>
> Service name Status Startup
>
> OracleOraHome81Agent Started Automatic
> OracleOraHome81ClientCache Manual
> OracleOraHome81DataGatherer Started Automatic
> OracleOraHome81HTTPServer Manual
> OracleOraHome81PagingServer Manual
> OracleOraHome81TNSListener Started Automatic
>
> I assumed that my Oracle installation was successful. But when I tried to use SQLPlus as follows:
>
> sqlplus /nolog
> conn / as sysdba
>
> I got the error:
> ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
>
> I haven't created any database yet. I also tried to create a database manullay using Database Configuration Assistant. After I went through all the configuration, I got the same error, and the database was not created.
>
> Anybody has any idea what could go wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jianqun

Run DBCA

And why are you installing a product so old it is no longer under full support from Oracle? 8i anything puts you are least 5 major releases behind 10g (9.01, 9.02, 9.03, 9.04, 9.2, 10.1).

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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