On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:10:17 -0000, Paul Vincent <paul.vincent@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > "ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel" > > > > > > Does this shed any more light on the possible cause of the problem? > > > > > > Paul > > > > Ok in that case I think I would do the manual startup thing. > > > > at a command window on the server > > oradim -edit -sid <your sid> -startmode manual > > OK > > > -- try to avoid the service trying to start the instance. > > then > > net start oracleservice<sid> > > set oracle_sid=<your sid> > > sqlplus /nolog > > > > in sqlplus > > connect / as sysdba > > Hit a problem here: ORA-01031: insufficient privileges. > Instead, I tried CONNECT SYS/password AS SYSDBA, and this worked OK. fair enough. > > > startup > > > > you should get the underlying error. > > > > This gave the "ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel" error. and still no trace file? it might be in BDUMP rather than UDUMP of course. a tar would be an excellent idea. -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l