Comments on: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error http://www.oraclefaq.net/2007/10/15/ora-12560-tnsprotocol-adapter-error/ Learn Oracle through my Experience Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:43:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: vinni http://www.oraclefaq.net/2007/10/15/ora-12560-tnsprotocol-adapter-error/#comment-166 vinni Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:37:18 +0000 http://www.oraclefaq.net/2007/10/15/ora-12560-tnsprotocol-adapter-error/#comment-166 I am getting same error but could not resolve it.I followed above steps but getting same protocol error........... Kindly provide me some appropriate solution I am getting same error but could not resolve it.I followed above steps but getting same protocol error………..
Kindly provide me some appropriate solution

]]> By: ALPESH http://www.oraclefaq.net/2007/10/15/ora-12560-tnsprotocol-adapter-error/#comment-46 ALPESH Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:04:31 +0000 http://www.oraclefaq.net/2007/10/15/ora-12560-tnsprotocol-adapter-error/#comment-46 C:\>set oracle_sid=test C:\>sqlplus SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Oct 15 11:59:37 2007 Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Enter user-name: sys as sysdba Enter password: ERROR: ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error Enter user-name: So, To solve the above error and to start the database on windows try to follow the following steps 1) Start the Oracle services for database from the windows service panel. To open the services panel go to start–> Run–> type services.msc and press enter 2) Once the services is started you can open the command prompt and start the database as shown C:\>set oracle_sid=test C:\>sqlplus SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Oct 15 12:33:28 2007 Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Enter user-name: sys as sysdba Enter password: Connected to an idle instance. SQL> startup ORA-32004: obsolete and/or deprecated parameter(s) specified ORACLE instance started. Total System Global Area 289406976 bytes Fixed Size 1248600 bytes Variable Size 100663976 bytes Database Buffers 184549376 bytes Redo Buffers 2945024 bytes Database mounted. Database opened. I start my data but when i exit and again go from sqlplus* again show same error C:\>set oracle_sid=test
C:\>sqlplus
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Oct 15 11:59:37 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter user-name: sys as sysdba
Enter password:
ERROR:
ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
Enter user-name:
So, To solve the above error and to start the database on windows try to follow the following steps
1) Start the Oracle services for database from the windows service panel. To open the services panel go to start–> Run–> type services.msc and press enter
2) Once the services is started you can open the command prompt and start the database as shown
C:\>set oracle_sid=test
C:\>sqlplus
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Oct 15 12:33:28 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter user-name: sys as sysdba
Enter password:
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup
ORA-32004: obsolete and/or deprecated parameter(s) specified
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 289406976 bytes
Fixed Size 1248600 bytes
Variable Size 100663976 bytes
Database Buffers 184549376 bytes
Redo Buffers 2945024 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.

I start my data but when i exit and again go from sqlplus* again show same error

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