Oracle 10g XE - unable to connect to the database home page

Question

Hi,
I have installed Oracle 10g XE on my computer. When I try to open the Database home page at http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex, I get a Page not found error.
I have followed the steps outlined in the forums-
a) did "netstat -a"
Output : found that port 8080 isn't being used.
b) did "lsnrctl status"
Output: under Services summary - instance "CLRExtProc" is unknown
- instance "PLSExtProc" is unknown
- instance "xe" is ready
- instance "xe_xpt" is ready
c) did "sqlplus / as sysdba"
Output : Connected to Oracle 10g Express Edition
d) did "select status from v$instance "
Output : Mounted
e) did "select open_mode from v$database"
Output : Mounted
f) did "startup"
Output : started the database
Not sure why the database home page still wouldn't open. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi,
>>What is the command to change the status to "READ WRITE" ?
C:\>sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sat Mar 29 00:26:33 2008
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
SYS@XE> startup mount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area  188743680 bytes
Fixed Size                  1286460 bytes
Variable Size              92278468 bytes
Database Buffers           92274688 bytes
Redo Buffers                2904064 bytes
Database mounted.
SYS@XE> select open_mode from v$database;
OPEN_MODE
MOUNTED
SYS@XE> select status from v$instance;
STATUS
MOUNTED
SYS@XE> alter database open;
Database altered.
SYS@XE> select open_mode from v$database;
OPEN_MODE
READ WRITE
SYS@XE> select status from v$instance;
STATUS
OPENCheers
Legatti