hi davey,

i was trying to bring up my oracle database in a new server. Actually, i had successfully brought up a few database servers before with the same procedure. The only difference this time is that I am importing into a higher oracle version i.e. 9.2.0.3 on a Windows 2003 Server.

And honestly, a few weeks ago I had successfully bring up a database on a test workstation with this scenario and it worked. Up and running. That is why i am trying to find a solution to my problem now, because it worked before. I am a newbie, only touched oracle for only about a year now. Thanks for your relplies