Cant start my database

Question

hi
i've recently installed the oracle 10g (10.2.0.1) in my pc (OS: RHEL AS4) just to try. I've created the starter database also.
Now database has created the spfile insted of pfile(init.ora). whenever i try to start the database it shows the error that the init.ora file is missing
if i use " STARTUP FORCE PFILE='/ADDR/PFILEORACLE_SID.ORA' "then it shows error LRM-00123:invalid character 0 found in input file
even though i havent done anything to this file it shows error
if i use startup force after creating the init.ora file by copying from the spfile
( $ cat >initORACLE_SID.ora <spfileoracle_sid.ora )
then it shows error that cannot mount database in exclusive mode (ORA-01102)
my db is not up yet
can anyone suggest any solution
thanks in advance

Answer 1

hi
thanks for the reply. ive a small doubt that if we
install 10g (create starter db) why is it creating
the spfile insted of pfile. even with dbca also it is
creating only the spfile can you tell me why it's
creating the spfile Because starting from 9i, Oracle have moved to spfile and DBCA by default will always create spfile. If you have any requirement, you can create pfile by using create pfile from spfile;
Regarding your original issue, are all the enviroment variables like ORACLE_HOME,ORACLE_BASE and ORACLE_SID set ?
Set these values, do sqlplus "/as sysdba". It will look for spfile at the default location. And until unless you have not messed up with anything, spfile should be there and your database should start successfully.
Post back the results.
Amardeep Sidhu