Hi Tony,

Check whether Intelligent agent service is running, if thats the case simply
typing shutdown at the prompt willnt shutdown the database. Stop the service
and issue shutdown.

Iam not concluding this is the problem , this could be one of the reason.


regards,
Ramakrishnan P
Database Administrator
HTC Global Services Inc.,
044 - 2623522 / 4783 / 5044 Extn : 175
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>From: Tony <tony.[Email Address Removed] tony.[Email Address Removed] "LazyDBA.com Discussion" <[Email Address Removed] Unable to shutdown database - any suggestions please?
>Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:17:04 +0100
>
>Hi All
>
>I cannot shutdown a database, except by means of using "shutdown abort"
>
>This is also the case even if the database is not even open.
>
>I cannot find any obvious reason for this, has naybody else got any ideas
>please?
>
>Thanks
>
>Tony
>
>
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