--- Michael Thomas <mhthomas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I know we're not supposed to guess, but this is > Windoze right? > > If what I've read in the thread is correct, summary: > 1) You can get it started and stopped using the GUI, > no problem. > 2) Others may not have the problem, albeit possibly > different OS configurations. > 3) Common sense says you can reproduce the problem, > and therefore its not going to be fixed by X^N more > reboots. > > My next-step guess follows: > You have some sort of DOS level environment or > DLL-Hell going on with your W2KAS system. Maybe you > have both 10g and 9i running on the same machine? > Something in the DOS path, or resident in memory > (like > mux versions of Oracle) is confusing the 'net > start/stop' service? > > I would try to reproduce after checking my DOS > complete environment for other versions of Oracle > stuff, in an attempt to isolate the problem further > at > the DOS level. Hth. > > Regards, > > Mike Thomas Hi Mike, it was late enough that I just felt like complaining, and didn't feel like creating an entire reproducible test case. there is an isqlplusctl.exe executable that can stop/start it. someone on comp.databases.oracle.server pointed that out. and it did say "win32" in the subject line. :) but mostly, I abhor stupidity of the nature of putting a non-alpha numeric in a freaking OS service name. I'll bet that the developer is a Mac user. Mogens might accuse that developer of being a lesbian. Paul > --- Paul Drake <discgolfdba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > D:\Oracle\ora101\BIN> net start > > > > (removed non-relevant rows) > > > > OracleCSService > > OracleOraHome101iSQL*Plus > > OracleOraHome101TNSListener > > > > D:\Oracle\ora101\BIN>net stop > > "OracleOraHome101iSQL*Plus" > > The service name is invalid. > > > > More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185. > > > > Who let out into production the use of an asterisk > > in > > an OS service name? Probably the same type of user > > that puts non-alpha numerics (including spaces) > into > > file names. > > Humans. > > > > bug. > > > > Pd > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on > > time. > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on > time. > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------