Oracle Database Discussions

I understand that you must run catalog.sql after creating a new database so that data dictionaries are updated otherwise the Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) will not be able to view details of the new database.

So ... I've run catalog.sql but it hangs immediately. While it's hung, I cannot log into SQL*Plus from another session -- that hangs too. A little ivestigation into what catalog.sql does suggests that it is the standard.sql script (run by @@standard) that is hanging and looking into that suggests that stdspec.sql is hanging.

Any tips on how to determine the cause of the underlying hang? Note that I can log into my database and run SQL queries without any problems; I simply can't use OEM to administer it (which is why I'm running catalog.sql).

Thanks.