trouble shooting oracle instance

[sjgrad03]

Dear members:

I have trouble to logon sqlplus. one dbforum member said that my oralce
instance doesn't start.

I used following command in the command line prompt:

a) c:\oracle\ora92 \bin sqlplus / nolog

b) sql> conn sys/change_on_insta ll as sysdba ( it showed a message

"connected to an idle instance")

c) sql> startup

then the following error message showed up

ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters

LRM-00109: could not open parameter file 'C:\ORACLE\ORA9 2
\DATABASE\INITJ SHU03.ORA'

jshu03 is the name i gave to database (global)

In the ORAdim log it has following error recorded

ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters

LRM-00109: could not open parameter file
'C:\ORACLE\ORA9 2\DATABASE\INIT JSHU03.ORA'

Could someone give me some ideas how to fix this problem? The bad thing
is that I forget the password for my database jshu03. Do i need to
reinstall Oracle9i from the begining??

If you have time please help me, Thanks!

sjgrad03

10-20-03
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[Mark D Powell]

sjgrad03 <me*********@db forums.com> wrote in message news:<35******* *********@dbfor ums.com>...

Dear members:

I have trouble to logon sqlplus. one dbforum member said that my oralce
instance doesn't start.

I used following command in the command line prompt:

a) c:\oracle\ora92 \bin sqlplus / nolog

b) sql> conn sys/change_on_insta ll as sysdba ( it showed a message

"connected to an idle instance")

c) sql> startup

then the following error message showed up

ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters

LRM-00109: could not open parameter file 'C:\ORACLE\ORA9 2
\DATABASE\INITJ SHU03.ORA'

jshu03 is the name i gave to database (global)

In the ORAdim log it has following error recorded

ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters

LRM-00109: could not open parameter file
'C:\ORACLE\ORA9 2\DATABASE\INIT JSHU03.ORA'

Could someone give me some ideas how to fix this problem? The bad thing
is that I forget the password for my database jshu03. Do i need to
reinstall Oracle9i from the begining??

If you have time please help me, Thanks!

sjgrad03

10-20-03

Sjgrad03, the message says Oracle is looking for the init.ora file at
the full path indicated. Where did you create the initSID.ora file
at? If it is somewhere else you should copy it to the expected
location and try again or use the pfile= parameter to point to the
actual location.

Also is your SID the same as you DB name. If not you need to set the
ORACLE_SID environment variable so Oracle is looking for the right
instance.

Also, When a newsgroup has subgroups it generally means you should
post in the subgroups and not in the group. Several of the better
posters seem to avoid venturing out of the sub-groups. If you need
more help try posting to the server subgroup.

HTH -- Mark D Powell --