is it fixed now? if not, create a pfile from the spfile without fixed_date set and use that to start the instance On 7/2/05, Ram K <lambu999@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > Problem: Database doesnt start. > After playing with the fixed_date and then unsetting it with NONE > option, I rebooted the machine later; tried to restart Oracle. Logged > into sqlplus /nolog as sysdba then: -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l