Re: ora: 1033 : Oracle intialization or shutdown in progress

From: amogh <amogh.r_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:55:49 +0530
Message-ID: <axyYe.18$b91.146@news.oracle.com>

tri d via DBMonster.com wrote:
> i am using oracle 10g and i could not sign in using sql plus ,it gives the
> error ora:1033 (oracle initialization or shutdown in progress). At least i
> know what causes this error. As suggested by different people i waited for
> more than 3 hours but did not get it right.
>
> I tried using 10g enterprise url... at least i could log in as sys , there
> are two option startup and perform recovery..... i tried startup... but the
> problem was same....... i also tried restaring the services again it don't
> work for me.....
>
> can anyone tell me how could i log on using sqlplus..... and beside improper
> shuntdown and power down what other thing causes this error......
>
>

Try issuing a shutdown abort as SYS(if you are sure of the implications), followed by a startup. This might help.

Amogh Received on Thu Sep 22 2005 - 08:25:49 CDT