Well, I didn't know you could use the "$" sign instead of "host" in windows....weird. Weird but kind of cool. Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-663-1673 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete the contents of this message without disclosing the contents to anyone, using them for any purpose, or storing or copying the information on any medium. From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Fitzjarrell Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 2:39 PM To: maureen.english@xxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Oracle Text on Windows I can answer your last question -- for Winders use the $, for *NIX it's !. David Fitzjarrell ________________________________ From: Maureen English <maureen.english@xxxxxxxxxx> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 12:29:03 PM Subject: Oracle Text on Windows Hi, I have a coworker who is trying to get Oracle Text installed and working in an Oracle 11.1.0.7 database on a Windows system (I don't know what Windows version). He told me he used dbca to create the database, including the installation of Oracle Text in the database. When he found that things didn't work, he talked to some other people and decided that he also needed to run another script (drdefin.sql?), but that still didn't help. I'm only familiar with installing Oracle Text on a unix system and only for Oracle 11.2.0.2.0, though I did pass on the documentation for 11.1 to my coworker. Anyone know of any issues installing Oracle Text on Windows using dbca vs the sql commands in the documentation? Also, anyone know of how to run a Windows command from within a database on a windows system...the equivalent of '!' for unix....? Thanks, - MAureen -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l