No Listener During Net8 Test

Question

Hi! i installed Oracle 8i Pe ver 8.1.6 on Win98. all went fine but the problem is on the connection part.
When i tried to configure the service Net8 using Net8 Assistant, i just cannot connect to the database service with the error of "No Listener" (i'm using userid "scott" and password "tiger")
my host name is pingchian
below is my tnsnames.ora listing:
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC0))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = PLSExtProc)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
ORACLE =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = pingchian)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVICE_NAME = oracle)
and this is my listener.ora listing:
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = pingchian)(PORT = 1521))
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(GLOBAL_DBNAME = oracle)
(ORACLE_HOME = C:\Oracle\Ora81)
(SID_NAME = oracle)
(SID_DESC =
(PROGRAM = extproc)
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = c:\Oracle\Ora81)
what went wrong??
pls help..
thank you.
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Answer 1

Hi,
Have u started the listener?? check wether the listener is started or not by using the below command..
D:/> lsnrctl status
If the listener is not started start it using,
D:/> lsnrctl start <listener_name>
Hope this helps,
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