Oracle Personal Edition installation on Windows ME

Question

I have just installed oracle personal edition 8.1.7 on my windows ME desktop. I have configured a LISTENER and DATABASE.
On trying to get into the Database (through DBA studion or SQLPLUS) I get the error 'ORA-12541:TNS:no Listener'.
I have tried to restart the LISTENER but I can't find tnslnsr or lnsrctl in my /BIN directory.
Can anyone please help.
Find below my listener.ora and tnsname.ora files -
# LISTENER.ORA Network Configuration File: c:\oracle\ora81\network\admin\listener.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 127.0.0.1)(PORT = 1521))
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(GLOBAL_DBNAME = ORCL)
(SID_NAME = ORCL)
(ORACLE_HOME = c:\oracle\ora81)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
# TNSNAMES.ORA Network Configuration File: c:\oracle\ora81\NETWORK\ADMIN\tnsnames.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
ORCL_FJ7540J =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 127.0.0.1)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = ORCL)
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
TAYO_FJ7540J =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 127.0.0.1)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = tayo)
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
TAYO =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 127.0.0.1)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVICE_NAME = tayo)
# Date..........: Thu May 17 21:01:17 GMT 2001
INST1_HTTP =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 127.0.0.1)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = SHARED)
(SERVICE_NAME = tayo)
(PRESENTATION = http://admin)
ORCL_127.0.0.1 =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 127.0.0.1)(PORT = 1520))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = ORCL)
TAYO_HTTP://LOCALHOST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 127.0.0.1)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = tayo)
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
)

Answer 1

I had this same problem with this same installation on ME. After a smooth installation with PO 8, I suspected spaces in path names, since the 8i install appears to be java based. If you go into windows regedit (Win ME does not read from autoexec.bat), and search for oracle home, and all 'home' paths you have tried specifying in the initial 8i install interface, upon editing your oracle home path, you may find a space character discreetly tucked at the end of that path name. What's more, just correcting your paths through regedit may only temporarily solve your problem. Also search/correct your prompt. A quick verification of this is if, from a dos window, your prompt looks like:
C:\> _
(notice the space between the > and _ characters) I think this is either a MS bug, or an image disk install bug, and suspect, after reading of your same problem, it comes from MS.
Hope this helps,
KJ
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Anjali Vipinkumar ([email protected]):
Hi,
I am assuming that Oracle 8i Personal Edition for Windows 98 will work on Windows Me too. First of all, is this assumption valid ? If yes, then I am facing a problem right at the start of the installation. After specifying the File location path (For source path, the default is 'C:\Program Files\Oracle\STAGE\products.jar'. I have not changed this. For destination path,(oracle home path), I am specifying it as 'C:\Program Files\Oracle'. After this I get an error as follows - 'There was a problem in accessing the staging area. Please make sure the specified values for 'Source' and 'Destination' are valid.'
I am stuck up at this point. Please let me know what could be the problem.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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