C:\>dbca -help
When I run C:\dbca -help
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JNI panic: JNI received a null string
at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.OsUtilsWindows.getOracleBase(OsUtilsWindows.java:92) at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.attributes.CommonAttributes.(Comm
onAttributes.java:176)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.step.StepContext.(StepContext.java:131)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.backend.Host.(Host.java:454)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.ui.UIHost.(UIHost.java:185)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.ui.InteractiveHost.(InteractiveHost.java:54)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.getHost(Dbca.java:141)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.execute(Dbca.java:85)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.main(Dbca.java:161)
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... and could you tell me how can I create a new database without DBCA ? Thank you.