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Oracle XE installation Connected to an idle instance

User369327Aug 5 2013 — edited Aug 6 2013

hi, i just installed Oracle XE 11g on a Windows 7 machine and after the install I try to connect to the DB and get the 'connected to an idle instance' message from SQLPLUS. I am connecting as

sqlplus sys/xxxx as sysdba

- The database and listener are started

- I did 'set ORACLE_SID=XE'

- I commented out SQLNET.AUTHORIZATION_SERVICES in sqlnet.ora

- There is no enrty in TNSNAMES.ORA for XE after the install

Anyone have any suggestions? thanks in advance.

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