Rats! orapr1@r3prdci1>which sqlplus /oracle/PR1/920_64/bin/sqlplus orapr1@r3prdci1>whence sqlplus /oracle/PR1/102_64/bin/sqlplus orapr1@r3prdci1>sqlplus SQL*Plus: Release *10.2.0.4.0* - Production on Tue Nov 4 11:33:50 2008 And I tried the whole thing on the QA server (which was upgraded at the beginning of September and I have the same issue. Ditto with the development server that was upgraded in August. Interestingly enough, I do not have the issue on our 'new' sandbox. orasbx@sapsand>sqlplus / as sysdba SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Tue Nov 4 12:07:14 2008 Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All Rights Reserved. Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options SQL> !ls 102_64 sapbackup Mail sapcheck SAPupg sapdata1 brconnect_091708_1458.log sapdata2 dead.letter sapdata3 mbox sapdata4 mirrlogA sapreorg mirrlogB saptrace oraInventory smit.log oraarch smit.script origlogA smit.transaction origlogB sqlnet.log saparch upgrade SQL> Now at least I have a known 'good' set of pathing and variables to check against. On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:21 AM, David Barbour <david.barbour1@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Bingo. > > orapr1@r3prdci1>which sqlplus > /oracle/PR1/920_64/bin/sqlplus > > > Now the problem is why the heck is that still in the path. I suspect it > has to do with our AIX Systems Administrators and their invocation of HACMP > (which was dismantled but all the scripts left in place). > > orapr1@r3prdci1>echo $PATH > > /oracle/PR1/102_64/bin:/usr/sap/PR1/SYS/exe/run:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/java14/jre/bin:/usr/java14/bin:/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin:/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64:/usr/local/scripts:/usr/local/scripts/operator:/opt/CA/UnicenterNSM/atech/services/bin > > > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:41 AM, Nigel Thomas < > nigel.cl.thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> David >> >> None of your tests so far show you which directory you are actually in. It >> is possible that some kind soul has put a sqlplus shell script earlier in >> the PATH than the Oracle sqlplus executable which does something like: >> >> cd some-directory >> $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/bin/sqlplus >> >> So: to check this, you try the following: >> >> orapr1@r3prdci1> *which sqlplus* >> >> On most unixes *which* should tell you if you have a script in the way >> (and where it is hiding). >> >> Otherwise, try >> >> orapr1@r3prdci1> *pwd* >> >> orapr1@r3prdci1> *sqlplus user/pass* >> SQL>* !pwd* >> >> Are you in the same directory as before? >> >> Another way you could end up in a different directory is if your shell (eg >> ksh) runs a login, .profile, or other startup file (like .bashrc) which >> includes a *cd* command. Check *man ksh* for the files that are executed >> when you launch a new shell. >> >> HTH >> >> Regards Nigel >> >> > >