Oh....Don't Drop The Table

[nametullah]

Hello

Dears, I am using Oracle 9i on Windows 2000. When i created the tables the Database was working well. Now i want to drop the table or alter the table, oracle refuses to do this job and throw an error message:

ORA-01041 Internal error hostdef extension does not exist.

and after throwing this error user will be disconnected.

What does this error mean? and whats it solution?

Thanks
Namet ullah Kalair

[abhaysk]

ORA-01041 internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
Cause: Pointer to HSTDEF extension in HSTDEF is null.
Action: Contact Oracle Customer Support.

Now i think u know wat to do.

[stmontgo]

is the database started when you try and drop the table?