Leslie, In addition to oradim.log and alert.log (as mentioned by others) check the event log for anything.
Also, was this machine upgraded to W2K from NT4? If so, I remember a bug with autostart under this case - can't remember more details but check Metalink. HTH, Bruce Reardon -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, 4 October 2002 8:41 AM Thank you for the feedback! ORA_SID_AUTOSTART is already set to true in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\... Any other suggestion? --- Igor Neyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Under Windows if you want to startup database > automatically (along with > OracleService), you should set ORA_<SID>_AUTOSTART > to "TRUE" in Windows > registry under your Oracle_home key > (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\...) > > Igor Neyman, OCP DBA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:38 PM > > > Hi, > > > > I have a 817 db on Win2000. The service is > configured > > to be started automatically. But the database is > not > > start up automatically. Everyday I need to > manually > > issue Startup command. > > > > Also my collegue has 2 db (one 817, one 9i) on > > Win2000. The 817 db was be able to startup > autolly, > > but ever since he installed 9i, none of the db > starts > > autolly, even though both services are configured > to > > be auto start. > > > > So how do I let the db start automatically? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Leslie -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Reardon, Bruce (CALBBAY) INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
