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Database Administration (MOSC)

Connect to an idle instance on Windows

Jun 16, 2013 10:15AM edited Jun 18, 2013 7:20AM in Database Administration (MOSC) 10 commentsAnswered ✓

I want to create one instance and connect to it. Are the below commands enough?

set oracle_sid=testinstance

sqlplus / as sysdba

I get errors:

ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error

Is there something I missed? I saw a Linux sequence of this 2 commands being enough to connect you to an idle instance.

Thanks

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