I HAVE STANDLONE PC HAVING ORACLE DATABASE -8I INSTALLED ON WINDOWS NT.
I CREATE ANOTHER DATABASE ON THE SAME PC SAY-"TEST" USING DIFFERENT SERVICE AND SID.DATABASE GETS CREATED .I CAN RUN CATLOG AND CATPROC SCRIPTS ALSO AND CREATE TABLESPACES AND USERS.

BUT WHEN I SHUTDOWN AND TRY TO CONNECT AGAIN USING PFILE,IT GIVES ERROR-
ORA-01102 UNABLE TO MOUNT DATABASE IN EXCLUSIVE MODE.
ANY SUGGESTION.?