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I have just installed Oracle 9i on a Solaris server which is currently running an Oracle 8i database. I will be adding an Oracle 9i database. I understand that the listener should be running at the highest level of Oracle installed. Can anyone give me a quick overview of the steps required...

I just did a fresh install of Solaris 2.8 on an existing Solaris 2.6 system. On the system under Solaris 2.6 I was able to do a ypcat passwd, ypcat group, etc and get a listing of the maps. Now I have to user ypcat passwd.byname or ypcat group.byname to get the same result. What did I...

Thank you all for the quick responses. I found that the variable was being incorrectly set in my profile. Once that was corrected all is well.

I am running Oracle 8.1.7 on a Solaris 2.8 server. How do I prevent TNS_ADMIN from being set when I start the listener? The tnsnames.ora file is periodically overwritten and users need to use create database links to other databases using their own tnsnames.ora. If I place the entries in...

I need to migrate an Oracle 7.3.4 database to Oracle 8.1.5. Where do I find the upgrade scripts? Can someone give me a thumbnail sketch of the procedure? I would make an offline backup of the database. Start the database in restricted mode, connect internal, and run the upgrade scripts. Am...

I am creating an Oracle 8.1.7 database on a Solaris 8 server. I am modifying Oracle 8.0.4 creation scripts. The scripts run fine and the database is created. The database shuts down normally. When I try to startup again, I am getting ORA-01078 failure in processing system parameters. I...