Database Configuration Assistant on Windows 2K - doesn't run?

Question

Not a lot to add to the subject line, I'm afraid.
I have bot a win2k server and a win XP machine and I get the same problem.
I click the start->oracle 9i->oracle->oracle -> orahome92 -> Configuration and Migration Tools -> Database Configuration Assistant
The cursor turns to an hourglass for a moment and... nothin. No error message, no nothin (not my idea of robust software).
I can't believe that no one has run into this before, since I have it happening on two different Windows OS's.
By way of completeness, I should mention that I have Oracle 9i and Oracle Developer Suite on both machines.
Thanks all
Steve
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Answer 1

Hrmm... Well, its not run out of oemapp.bat It's run using launch.exe
I attempted to grab the stuff out of %ORACLE_HOME%\assistants\dbca\dbca.cl and contruct a batch file so that I could at least see where Java (I hate Java for this very reason) was barfing. It is apparently tripping over its CLASSPATH somewhere - hard to tell where.
Here is the shell equivalent (I use AT&T's Kornsell for windows - works in the most wonderful way!):
The Script:
# dbca.sh - 'pose ta emulate Oracle's broken script - maybe
PATH=$PATH:/c/program_files/Oracle/jre/1.1.8/BIN
export PATH
CLASSPATH=/c/Program_Files/Oracle/jre/1.1.8/lib/rt.jar:/c/Program_Files/Oracle/jre/1.1.8/lib/i18n.jar
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/ewt3.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/ewtcompat-3_3_15.jar
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/share.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/swingall-1_1_1.jar
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/oracle_ice5.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/help3.jar
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/kodiak.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/lib/xmlparserv2.jar
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/gss-1_1.zip:/e/oracle/ora92/classes
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/oembase-9_2_0.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/srvm.jar
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/e/oracle/ora92/jdbc/lib/classes111.zip:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/netcfg.jar
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/e/oracle/ora92/lib/vbjorb.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/lib/vbjtools.jar
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/e/oracle/ora92/lib/vbjapp.jar
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/e/oracle/ora92/assistants/dbca/jlib/dbca.jar
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/e/oracle/ora92/assistants/jlib/assistantsCommon.jar
export CLASSPATH
# Let's see what the classpath looks like...
echo "\nCLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH
# Let's see it in list fashion...
echo "\n"
echo CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH|tr ":" "\n"
echo "\n"
# Execute using the above CLASSPATH
jre -DJDBC_PROTOCOL=thin -mx64m -classpath $CLASSPATH oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca
Here are the results:
$ dbca.sh
CLASSPATH=/c/Program_Files/Oracle/jre/1.1.8/lib/rt.jar:/c/Program_Files/Oracle/jre/1.1.8/lib/i18n.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/j
lib/ewt3.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/ewtcompat-3_3_15.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/share.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/swingall-1_1
_1.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/oracle_ice5.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/help3.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/kodiak.jar:/e/oracle/or
a92/lib/xmlparserv2.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/gss-1_1.zip:/e/oracle/ora92/classes:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/oembase-9_2_0.jar
:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/srvm.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/jdbc/lib/classes111.zip:/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/netcfg.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/
lib/vbjorb.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/lib/vbjtools.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/lib/vbjapp.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/assistants/dbca/jlib/dbc
a.jar:/e/oracle/ora92/assistants/jlib/assistantsCommon.jar
CLASSPATH=/c/Program_Files/Oracle/jre/1.1.8/lib/rt.jar
/c/Program_Files/Oracle/jre/1.1.8/lib/i18n.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/ewt3.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/ewtcompat-3_3_15.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/share.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/swingall-1_1_1.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/oracle_ice5.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/help3.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/kodiak.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/lib/xmlparserv2.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/gss-1_1.zip
/e/oracle/ora92/classes
/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/oembase-9_2_0.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/srvm.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/jdbc/lib/classes111.zip
/e/oracle/ora92/jlib/netcfg.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/lib/vbjorb.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/lib/vbjtools.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/lib/vbjapp.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/assistants/dbca/jlib/dbca.jar
/e/oracle/ora92/assistants/jlib/assistantsCommon.jar
Unable to initialize threads: cannot find class java/lang/Thread
Could not create Java VM
$
eh... 'scuse me? Isn't java/lang/Thread in /c/Program_Files/Oracle/jre/1.1.8/lib/rt.jar???