gandolf989, Thank for your replies. I tried the suggestion in the article. When I open the database this what I get

SQL> alter database open;
alter database open
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01092: ORACLE instance terminated. Disconnection forced

I looked in the alert log and this what I am seeing:

Errors in file c:\oracle\admin\train1\udump\train1_ora_2036.trc:
ORA-00704: bootstrap process failure
ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 2
ORA-08103: object no longer exists
From udump:
** SESSION ID:(9.3) 2004-10-08 02:41:08.000
----- Redo read statistics for thread 1 -----
Read rate (ASYNC) = 0Kb/sec => 1 blocks in 4s
Read buffer = 8192Kb (16384 blocks)
Longest record = 0Kb
Record moves = 0/1 (0%)
----------------------------------------------
*** 2004-10-08 02:41:09.000
KCRA: start recovery claims for 0 data blocks
*** 2004-10-08 02:41:09.000
KCRA: buffers claimed = 0/0, eliminated = 0
ORA-00704: bootstrap process failure
ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 2
ORA-08103: object no longer exists

Any other leads welcomed
will