From memory: set your ORACLE_SID in the environment. Regards, Carel-Jan === If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) === > Hi Listers, > Its an emergency please. I am experiencing a strange and baffling > situation.I am running Oracle 8.1.6 on WIN2K. When in shell, I write > svrmgrl, I get an error. > svrmgrl> ORA-12560-TNS PROTOCOL ADAPTER ERROR > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------