Not true. It IS true that the only way to connect as SYS is AS SYSDBA, and you can do that from most any client tool (SQL*Plus, OEM, even imp). --- Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 06:46, Spears, Brian wrote: > > Someone was telling me connecting as sysdba from sqlplus is not > allowed in > > 9i. I tried and found it did seem to not be available. Is this a > security > > consideration... And/or does anyone have a workaround? > > > > Brian, > > The person telling you that was confused. > > svrmgrl is no longer available after 8i, and the only > way to connect to 9i as sysdba is via sqlplus. > > Jared __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------